Born Ruth Smith on 6 Feb. 1922, in Fouke Arkansas to parents Lonnie Smith and Althea Stevens Smith.
Ruth passed 23 Aug. 2022, at the age of 100 years. She was the 4th of ten children. Her parents were sharecroppers, farming land belonging to other farmers, raising cotton with a vegetable garden for most of their food.
She graduated from Fouke High School and worked at a movie theater selling tickets and also at a department store.
Ruth married Lloyd Byron Wilson the 23rd of July in 1942. They walked about five miles to Fouke to find a preacher to marry them, and afterward they hitched a ride on a buckboard wagon back to her parents place. They were married 43 years and had three children, Clara June Wilson Lairson, Danny Lloyd Wilson and Louis Hugh Wilson. Lloyd passed 20 June, 1985.
She married Carl David Hart in August of 1987. A long time friend whose wife had passed away about the time of Lloyd’s passing. They were married for seven years and Carl David Hart passed 10 Jan 1995.
Ruth is survived by: her daughter, Clara Lairson; son, Danny Wilson; and six grandsons with their families.
She is preceded in death by: her two husbands; son, Louis Wilson; and nine siblings (5 sisters and 4 brothers).
Ruth trusted in the Lord, using His word (the Bible) as a guide for her life. She insisted on being at the church building when worship services and bible classes were offered. She read her bible almost everyday, even when in the nursing home. She would ask, “Why am I still here, and I would tell her that she is touching the lives of many people even now.” Even today she will be an influence on people who knew her, as to how they should live their lives.She always put God first, family second knowing all else would take care of itself.
