Ruth Elsie Blystone McLean

She was born November 16, 1915, in Brookshire, TX, the eldest of six children born to Robert Maurice Blystone and Eddie Routh Kirk Blystone. She graduated from Cedar Bayou High School in 1934 and attended Lee Junior College in Baytown completing a course in Business. She transferred to Southwestern Bible Institute in Waxahachie. She also attended the University of Houston.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her infant daughter, Roslyn Kay McLean, a brother, Morris D. Blystone, a nephew, Kevin Lee Blystone, and a niece, Melody Blystone Bazar.

She began her 42 year career as a Registered Medical Secretary, specializing in medical record keeping and transcription in 1950 at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston and subsequently at several hospitals in the Houston, Pasadena and Baytown areas. She was employed at Ledbetter Clinic in Houston at the time of her retirement in 1981. She attended Uvalde Baptist Church in Houston for many years.

She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Rose Sharon McLean Gigout and husband Lloyd Gigout of Mont Belvieu; three grandchildren, Russell Daniel Henderson and wife Linda Henderson and Lori Denise Graham and husband Robert Graham, all of Baytown, and Rex Allen Henderson and wife Rebecca Henderson of Houston; nine great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; one sister, Alice Norman of Hot Springs, AR; three brothers, Chester Blystone and wife Elizabeth Blystone of Groves, Ed Blystone of Baytown, and Robert Blystone and wife Wanda Blystone of Montgomery; and many beloved nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.

Ruth devoted all of her life to always placing others’ needs before her own. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her and will always be remembered in our hearts.

Her family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 2 p.m. at Navarre Funeral Home with Rev J. P Granberry officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarcrest Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Russell Henderson, Rex Henderson and Robert Graham, and great grandsons, Daniel Henderson, Jordan Henderson and Kelton Graham.

Ruth’s family would like to express their gratitude to the staff at the Rehabilitation and Health Care Center at Baytown who cared for Ruth with great compassion.

To view the online obituary or to post a tribute for the family, go to www.navarrefuneralhome.com

Arrangements are under the direction of Navarre Funeral Home, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, TX, 77521, (281) 422-8111.