Girlie Fay Rutherford's Obituary
Girlie Fay Rutherford, 74, was united with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 14, 2013 while in a Mansfield hospital.
Visitation: 6pm - 8pm Monday at
Mansfield Funeral Home
.
Funeral Service: 2pm Tuesday at
Creekwood Church, 260 N. Miller RD; Mansfield, TX 76063.
Girlie was born September 24, 1938 in Guin, Alabama to Glenn and Martha Lockhart. She grew up in Chicago and moved to Arlington in 1991. For 10 years, she was employed at the Pioneer Restaurant in Grand Prairie and took great pride in working hard. She had a servants heart and loved the Lord. Family was important to Girlie and she loved cooking for them, especially her grandchildren. She was a free spirited person who enjoyed playing her scratch offs, collecting rocks and listening to classic 50's music.
Girlie was preceded in death by her first and second husbands, Raymond Walton Thacker and Gordon Eugene Rutherford and sisters, Willie Kimbrell, Nelba Sutera and Martha Upton.
Survivors: daughters, Elizabeth Thurow of Arlington, Cindy Stratton and husband Alfred of La Fayette, LA, and Michelle Neyhart and husband Kenny of Arlington; step-daughter, Sassy Rutheford of San Antonio; son, Darrell Thacker and wife Amanda of Lake Charles, LA; sisters, Glindon Spahn and Lindon Lockhart both of Chicago, IL; 11 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
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