Ruth Thurman Carr's Obituary
Ruth Ann Thurman Carr, 53, was received into the hands of God, Thursday, February 10, 2011 while in a local hospital.
Memorial Service: 3:30pm Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at Alternative Funeral Services of Mansfield.
Ruth was born September 14, 1957 in Science Hill, Kentucky to Lester Thurman and Fayrene Hudson-Thurman and grew up in Somerset, Kentucky. She loved to read novels and putting together puzzles. She moved to Texas in 2001 after living in Arizona, Colorado, Montana and Kentucky. Ruth was a loving mother, dauther, grandmother, sister and friend who will be deeply missed and always missed by all she knew. She was preceded in death by her father, Lester Thurman and brother Clifford Thurman.
Survivors: son, Keith Hyde of Lexington, KY; daughter and best friend, Carman Smith and her husband Melvin of Mansfield, mother, Fayrene Thurman of Somerset, KY; brothers, Russell Thurman and his wife Alma and Kenneth Thurman both of Somerset, KY; sister, Kimberly New of Somerset, KY; grandchildren, Alex Hyde, Meleah Smith, Natacha Smith and Roman Smith all of Mansfield, and Rhianna Calendine of Sabina, OH, her loving companion and friend, Frank Hyde, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and her loving puppy, Beth.
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