A TRULY WONDERFUL LIFE

RUTH EMMA (BOURQUIN) WRIGHTAM, 102, CURRENTLY OF GREENBRIER AR, WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD, ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020.  SHE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 11, 1918, IN ODELL, ILLINOIS, TO THE LATE FRED AND ETHEL BOURQUIN. RUTH IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, ROY D. WRIGHTAM, TWO SONS, GEORGE F. WRIGHTAM, DONALD D. WRIGHTAM, A BROTHER DONALD F.  BOURQUIN, A GRANDDAUGHTER RUTH RASOR, AND GRAND DAUGHTER IN-LAW CAULEEN WRIGHTAM.

LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE 7 GRAND CHILDREN DON WRIGHTAM, MINNELOA FL, STACY WRIGHTAM, LEESBURG FL,  VERNON (PATRICIA) FORD, NEWBERN NC, ANGELA WRIGHTAM, HEBER SPRINGS AR, GRACE (LANCE) FORD, BRYANT AR, DALE (SUE) WRIGHTAM, GREENBRIER AR, DAVID (BECKY) WRIGHTAM, RUSSELLVILLE AR, 19 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, 21 GREAT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, AND A LIST OF DEAR FRIENDS.

RUTH WAS A HIGH SCHOOL AND BEAUTY SCHOOL GRADUATE.  AFTER HER MARRIAGE SHE LIVED IN CLERMONT, FLORIDA.  ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, THEY SERVED AND TRAVELED WITH THE CROFT EVANGELISITC TEAM FROM SOUTHERN GEORGIA AS PART OF THE MUSIC TEAM.  SHE PLAYED THE PIANO AND CONTINUED TO PLAY WEEKLY UNTIL HER PASSING.  RUTH, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, SERVED IN THE LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA SHERIFF'S OFFICE.  SHE CHERISED HER TIME AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER WITH HER FRIENDS/FAMILY AT MINNEOLA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AND CLEARVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH IN HEBER SPRINGS. SHE ALSO LOVED WORSHIPING WITH THOSE WHO ADOPTED HER AT IMMANUEL BAPTIST IN GREENBRIER. HER PASSION WAS HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  SHE LOVED TO WATCH THE BIRDS AND SIT IN THE SUNSHINE.