Ruth Ann Booth

Ruth Ann Booth was born in Hobart Oklahoma July 4 1934 into a sharecropping family. She went home to be with her Lord on March 7, 2017. She was the 11th child out of 13 born to Ezra & Lourene Gilbreath. Her family share cropped from town to town when she was growing up, and they didn’t stay in one place very long. She was taught the love of the Lord by her mother and gave her heart to Jesus at an early age. She grew up in the Church, and memorized over 250 Bible Scriptures as a child, through Sunday School & Vacation Bible School at her Church. Their family finally put down some roots in East Dallas in the 50’s & she graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in January of 1954. After High School, she went to work at Greenville Avenue State Bank where she put her shorthand that she learned in high school to good use. Ruth Ann married Lummie Ray Booth April 1, 1965, and was married for 9 years until his death in 1974. Ruth Ann worked as a bookkeeper & tax consultant for many years. After her husband died in 1974, she worked multiple jobs to make sure that she provided for her 3 kids, and she did. She always provided for her family and sacrificed for her grandchildren & great grandchildren. The Lord was always first in her life with her family a close second. She led numerous people to the Lord throughout her long & fulfilling life. She was so comforted knowing that her entire family was saved. Ruth Ann was preceded in death by her husband Lummie Ray Booth, her father Ezra Webb Gilbreath, her mother Katy Lourene Gilbreath; brothers Duane, Billy, Orvace, Garvis, Charlie, Hugh & E.W. and sisters Imogene, Dortha & Joy. Left to cherish her memory are her son Philip Booth & wife Shirley, her daughter Joy Carter, son Bobby Booth & wife Katie, granddaughters Meredith Booth, Jessica Martin, Jaklyn Watkins, & Lauren Booth and her great grandchildren Nicole Watkins, Dylan Watkins, Myah Gordon, & Skylar Martin, brother Darrell and sister Nettie. Ruth had a passion for reading. At the family’s request, please honor Ruth by making tribute donations to the library at her church in lieu of flowers. The Church on The Hill, 2111 Skyline Dr. Mesquite, Texas 75149 Please leave condolences for the family at www.roselawn-funerals.com