Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday at Forest Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 4201 Village Creek Rd. Burial: Cedar Hill Memorial Park. Visitation: 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the church.
Memorials: In lieu of plants and flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the National Lung Cancer and/or the National Stroke Associations.
Survivors: Spouse, Horton L. Howard; children, Germaine Woolridge (Norman), Gloria Cola (Val) and Gabrielle Wines (Brodrick); brother, Carl Ruffin; sisters, Norma Ruffin, Dorothy Allen and Beulah Ruffin; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors
4000 Miller Ave., 817-531-8666
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