In Loving Memory of
Ruth Mae Jones Smith
January, 31, 1936 to November 14, 2021
Graveside services held at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Gallion, Alabama at 12:00 pm CST
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Mrs. Ruth Mae Jones Lewis entered into eternal rest on November 14, 2021, at WellStar Hospital in Cobb County, Georgia.
Ruth began her life on January 31, 1936, in the small community of Oak Grove in Hale County. She spent those early years being nourished and cared for by her parents, Ben and Mary Jones. She spent many of her days running wild in the field and fishing with her brothers and helping to care for her younger brothers and sisters when they came along.
Ruth attended the Oak Grove Rosenwald School at a young age and later graduated from Hale County High School. After graduating high school, she married Sammie Lee Lewis and they had seven children. Six daughters and one son. Ruth loved many things like traveling and fishing but her two greatest loves were shopping for beautiful clothes, with matching hats and shoes and singing Gospel songs.
Ruth started her Christian journey at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church and continued her journey at churches where she made her home in Buffalo, New York, Detroit, Michigan and Jonesboro, Georgia. Throughout her life she sang in churches in Alabama, New York, Michigan, and Georgia. As Ruth was making her final transition she sang verses from her favorite hymns, Precious Lord, Walk Around Heaven and Homegoing.
MY Life
A million pieces, a puzzle incomplete. So many roads I've taken with trusting, hopeful feet. Dreams have died, yet others bloomed. No sense in looking back. At times, the light shone brightly along my chosen track. But even when the skies turned dark, I've soldiered on, uncertain, my way ahead was out of sight. Shielded by a curtain, I put my trust in something else for what else could I do. And in the end, I found my way-- Fate had pulled me through and all the people I have loved, I hold them in my heart. They touched my soul in many ways were there for me and showed me so much more. Some stayed close, right by my side, some took a different door. Not everyone must stick around for every single day, lives entwine but then divide. It's meant to be that way. Every day has been a chance to start my life anew, to feed the seeds that grew, and as the days turn into years I swee how far I've come. I look between the trees and clouds and there I see the sun.
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