Ruth E. "Ruthie" Passmore

She was born to Reid Ross Martin and Marjory Gammons Martin in Webster Groves, Missouri on September 26, 1930. She had been a resident of Vinton for the last 70 years. Ruthie was a Christian lady, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Vinton and the Eastern Star for many years.

Survivors include her children, Linda Shackelford and husband, Bill of Yellville, Arkansas, Tommy Passmore of Sun City, Arizona, and Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Berry of Vinton; five grandchildren, Cindy Berry, Ronnie Berry, Tisha Anderson, Tara Cox and Teah Hasha; eleven great-grandchildren, Callie, Cameron, and Cate Anderson, Zoe and Ella Cox, Truett, Titus, Tate and Ty Hasha, and Kylie and Brayden Berry; and many nieces and nephews also mourn her passing. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 56 years, TJ Passmore; her parents; her step-father, Elmer Lee Dilling; two brothers, Reid Ross Martin, Jr. and James Lee Martin.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, December 30, in First Baptist Church of Vinton. The Rev. Bobby Daniel will officiate. Burial will be in Big Woods Cemetery in Edgerly under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Vinton. Visitation will be held in the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Sunday and at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of service Monday. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com.