Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth (McDaniel) Carraway, 92, of State College, PA formerly of Reading, PA went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA. She was the devoted wife of the late Isaiah Carraway. The couple married in Chesterfield, SC on June 29, 1946.
Born in Concord, NC on February 15, 1927, a daughter of the late Henry and Nora (Brewer) McDaniel. She was a graduate of Logan High School in Concord, NC and went on to Beauty School in Greensboro, NC. She was employed with Reading Hospital from 1963 where she started in housekeeping. She was part of the first class to be Certified Nurse's Assistant in The Reading Hospital, a position she held until she retired in 1989.
Mrs. Carraway was a faithful member of Zion Baptist Church.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her remaining children, Vernon Carraway and his wife, Charlotte of State College, PA; Yvonne (Carraway) Copeland of Concord, NC and Sheila Carraway of Reading, PA; thirteen grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren and seventeen great- great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Ruth is predeceased by her four children, William Carraway, Ossie Carraway, Ronald Carraway and Patricia (Carraway) Jackson; two grandchildren, Langston Carraway and Michelle Carraway; a great -great grandchild, Elijah Carraway and eight siblings, Elsie (McDaniel) Grier, Berthenia (McDaniel) Evans, John Archie McDaniel, Lucille (McDaniel) Wilson, Helen (McDaniel) Black, James McDaniel, Martha McDaniel and Harry McDaniel.
Home Going services for Mrs. Ruth will be Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 10:30am in Zion Baptist Church, 244 Washington St., Reading, PA 19601. Family and friends are invited to a viewing in the church on Saturday from 9 to 10:30am. Burial will be in Berks County Memorial Gardens.
Fond memories and online condolences may be made at www.TheoCAuman.com
