Ella Mae Ruis

Mrs. Ella Mae Ruis, age 76, of Lake City, Fl. died Sunday, January 16, 2011 in the North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, FL. following an extended illness. She was a native of Winnabo, North Carolina and had resided in Fort White and High Springs, Fl. before moving to Lake City in 1974. She was the daughter of the late Edward Stewart and Goldie Francis Spence Stewart and the widow of the late Benjamin F. Ruis. She had worked as a certified nursing assistant with the V.A. Medical Center, Lake City, Fl. before ill health forced her retirement. She was of the Holiness Faith, loving and reading and spending quiet time with her family. She is survived by four sons; Donald (Denise) Crosby of Hawthorne, Fl., Tom Robertson of Wacho, Kentucky, Edward Hanson of Bell, Fl. and James R. Davis of Lake City, Fl. One step-son, James F. (Mary) Ruise of Lake City, FL. Seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 7P.M. Thursday, January 20, 2011, in the Chapel of Guerry Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Ogburn, Pastor of Watertown Congregational Methodist Church, officiating. Visitation will be from 6-7 P.M. Thursday (one hour before services) at GUERRY FUNERAL HOME, 2659 S.W. Main Blvd., Lake City, FL. Please sign the guest book at www.guerryfuneralhome.net

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