Funeral for Ruby Lee Clemons Garth, 89, of Decatur will be held at noon on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at Macedonia C.P. Church in America with the Reverend Leo Fuqua Jr. officiating. Inhumation will follow in Decatur City Cemetery.
Mother Garth was born on July 8, 1924, in Morgan County to the late Henry Clemons and Mattie Garth. She entered into eternal life on January 13, 2014, at her residence.
Mother Garth attended Morgan County Training School. She was married to the late Willie Garth. Mrs. Garth was a devoted mother, a doting grandmother, and a marvelous homemaker. She was attentive and supportive to her family and church.
Mother Garth accepted Christ as her personal Savior at an early age and was a member of Minor Hill M.B. Church where she was a founding member and a Mother of the church. She was the organizer of the Usher Board. Mother Garth committed to the Lord early in her life. She demonstrated a quiet yet powerful life in God until the end of her journey. Her spirit of service and generosity to her family and community served as a living testimony to the power of faith and the goodness of God.
She was preceded in death her husband, Willie P. Garth; her parents; grandmother, Lizzie Clemons; sisters, Betty Bailey, Henrietta Clemons, Clara Hodges, Sara Lynch, Johnetta Clemons; and brother, Jessie Clemons.
She leaves to cherish her memory: children, Wilbert P. (Mattie) Garth of Dallas, Texas, Calvin E. (Nettie) Garth of Enterprise, Ben F. (Marlene) Garth and Nettie J. Jones, both of Decatur; sister, Mary Jo Flakes of Buffalo, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; seven great-great- grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Honorary flower attendant will be Mother Odell Howard and flower attendants will be Nannett Morrow, Regina Butler, Virginia Boykin, Regina Owens, Dora Powers and Sara Birgans.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Miller, Earl Garth, Demond Garth, Anthony Garth, Tommy Thomas and Brandon Garth.
