Alva Ruth "Doofie" Stooksbury^[1]

1931 - 2003  (72 years)

• Name	Alva Ruth "Doofie" Stooksbury
  Born	6 Jan 1931	Anderson County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Aug 2003	Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Buried	10 Aug 2003	Grandview Memorial Gardens
  Person ID	I70034	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Handy F. Stooksbury,   b. Jul 1892, Union County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Apr 1974, Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Ollie Ann Ridenour,   b. 5 Jul 1895, Anderson County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Apr 1974  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F26137	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John William Cole,   d. 25 Feb 2009, Fort Sanders Hospital
  Married	1951	First Baptist Church, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee
  Children	1. John W. Cole, Jr. + 2. Johanna Ruth Cole   3. Jeff Cole
  Family ID	F26182	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Jan 1931 - Anderson County, Tennessee Died - 6 Aug 2003 - Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S11] Ancestors are Forever, A Ridenour Collection from 893 to 1997 AD, Melvin Otho "Mo" Ridenour, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/i/James-A-Reitnauer/FILE/0001text.txt), 1260, 1 Jan 2000. [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 21 Mar 2005. Helen Mae Lane obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 8 Aug 2003. COLE, ALVA RUTH STOOKSBURY - age 72, of Clinton, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. Ruth was fondly called "Doofie" by her family & many friends. She was born in Anderson County on January 6, 1931 to Handy & Ollie Stooksbury. She always called Anderson County home. Ruth worked for the Bell South Phone Company, Ortec & the Anderson County Clerk's Office. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Clinton most of her life. In recent years she has been a full time wife, grandmother & great-grandmother. She loved politics & continued to be politically active after she retired. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Handy & Ollie Stooksbury brother, Albert Stooksbury her sisters, Reitha Smith & Mary Nell Carter and niece, Evelyn Buck. Ruth is survived by her husband, John Cole, Sr. They recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Survivors also include her three children, John Cole, Jr., Johanna Whitley, and Jeffery Cole, all of Clinton son-in-law, Garry Whitley daughters-in-law, Carol Cole & Jess Anne Cole grandchildren, Garry Whitley, Jr., Jessie Fritts, Joey Beams, Johnie Cole, and Dallas Cole great-grandchild, Cole Fritts sister, Helen Lane brother, Everett Stooksbury special niece, Brenda Holbrook and many other nieces & nephews. Ruth also had many close friends who were very dear to her. Many of these friends she had since grade school and valued each & every one of them. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 9, 2003, at First Baptist Church in Clinton. The funeral service will follow. Interment will be held 10:00 am, Saturday at Grandview Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton in charge.