Ruth Ellen Whitfield, age 83, of Picayune passed away Sunday, September 26, 2010 at Highland Community Hospital.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, September 28th from 6 - 9 p.m. at Picayune Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at New Palestine Cemetery on Wednesday, September 29th at 10:00 a.m., with Bro. James Reeves officiating. Burial will follow in New Palestine Cemetery
Ruth was born in Sellersburg, Indiana and moved to Picayune from Indiana sixty-five years ago. She worked as a telephone operator and was a Baptist.
She is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Wild of Picayune and Susie Carroll of Meridian;one brother Roy Ward of South Carolina;eight grandchildren;eighteen great-grandchildren;one great-great-grandchild.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Sarah Ward;her husband, Bobby Whitfield ;one daughter, Janie Mitchell; two sisters, Helen Burchett and Doris Lawson.