Ruth Golson Hyde

Visitation will be Saturday, October 3, 2015 from 5:00 until 7:00pm at Ridout’s Prattville Chapel. The celebration of life will be held at the Autaugaville United Methodist Church on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 3:00pm, with Rev. Jabe Fincher, Rick Patterson and Henry Golson officiating.

Burial will be at Rocky Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Hyde was preceded in death by her husband, Hollis E. Hyde Sr. Survivors include sons, Hollis E. Hyde (Jane) and Joseph Lee Hyde; daughter, Betty Ruth Hyde; granddaughters, Christina E. Smyth (Cody) and Ashley Faith Hyde; one brother, Rev. Henry Golson, and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mrs. Hyde graduated from Hicks Memorial High School, Montevallo College and the Medical College of Virginia. Her professional life included service as a Physical Therapist, and was an educator for 30 plus years, retiring in 1987 from the Autauga County Board of Education.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Shackleford, Bill Shanks, Ralph Golden, Ed McBride, Dr. Lee Carter and Cody Smyth. Honorary pallbearers will be Otis Smitherman, Trice Nichols and Carlton Rhodes.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Autaugaville UMC, or the Mary F. Golson scholarship at the University of Montevallo. Arrangements under the direction of Ridout's-Brown-Service Prattville Chapel, Prattville, AL.