Ruth Winfree

86 year old Ruth Winfree of Smithville died Saturday morning at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of the Banks Cumberland Presbyterian Church for over 70 years. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Smithville First United Methodist Church. Mark Pafford, E.H. Denmon, and Terry Little will officiate and burial will be in Whorton Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie Lee and Ada Roxie Ann Foster Moss; four brothers, Otis, Robert, Thomas and Porter Moss; and three sisters, Hattie Moss, Lillie Lassiter, and Lorene Haley. Survivors include one son, Jerry Winfree of Smithville. One brother, Beecher Moss of Smithville. One sister, Allene Atnip of Hendersonville. Fourteen nieces and nephews also survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family requests that donations be made, in lieu of flowers, to the Banks Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the archives fund or the fund of your choice at the First United Methodist Church or the Genealogy room at Justin Potter Library.