Ruth Elaine Craven^{[1, 2]}

1931 - 2003  (71 years)

• Name	Ruth Elaine Craven
  Born	16 Jul 1931	Davidson County
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Feb 2003	Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center   [3]
  Buried	3 Mar 2003	Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Pfafftown
  Person ID	I90124	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Daniel Craven
  Mother	Minnie Lou Glascoe
  Family ID	F61298	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rev. Michael Alvin Latham,   b. 10 Nov 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Jul 2004  (Age 70 years)
  Married	2 May 1957
  Children	1. Letha Latham   2. Michelle Elaine Latham + 3. Jonathan Latham
  Family ID	F32885	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 28 Jun 2001. Samuel Marion Latham obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Winston Salem Journal (NC), 3 Aug 2004. Rev. M. Alvin Latham obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Davie County Enterprise Record, 6 Mar 2003. Mrs. Ruth Elaine Craven Latham, 71, of Pfafftown, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Latham was born July 16, 1931, in Davidson County to James Daniel Craven and Minnie Lou Glascoe. She was a graduate of High Point College in 1953 and taught school at Holding Institute in Loredo, Texas. She married M. Alvin Latham on May 2, 1957. She went on to be a rural church and community worker in Eastern Tennessee. Ruth's lifelong dream was to be a missionary in Africa. In 1996 this dream was accomplished. Ruth and Alvin went to Highlands Bible College in Kericho, Kenya, where they taught. Mrs. Latham was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Pfafftown. Survivors: her husband, the Rev. M. Alvin Latham of Pfafftown; 2 daughters, Letha L Burrow of Gibsonville and Michelle Elaine Latham of Winston-Salem; a son, Jonathan Michael Latham and his wife, Jennifer, of South Setauket, N.Y.; 2 grandsons; 2 brothers, Stanton Craven of Thomasville and Bennie Craven of Oak Ridge; and a sister, Treva Nifong of Winston-Salem. A funeral service was conducted 3 p.m. Monday, March 3, at Fulton United Methodist Church in Advance, with the Revs. Ardis Payne, John Christy, Mark Jensen and Dwight Cartner officiating, with burial following in the church cemetery. Memorials: UMW of Pleasant Hill United Methodist, c/o Pat Craft, 4997 Vienna Dozier Road, Pfafftown, 27040, to be directed to the love offering at the annual meeting of the UMW Conference at Lake Junaluska, Sept. 2003; or the cemetery fund at Fulton UMC, c/o Terry Stewart, 3098 U.S. 64 E., Mocksville.