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Submitted: 1/3/20 • Approved: 1/3/20 • Last Updated: 1/6/20 • R1287801-G1287800-S3
Born June 19, 1922 (Obit has 1921)
Died May 29, 2017
Married Joe K. Stokes 1939
*Obituary
Ruth Maxine Stokes age 95, of Booneville, Arkansas passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 in Booneville. She was born on July 19, 1921 in Malvern, Arkansas to the late Greg Porterfield and the late Esther Ellis Porterfield.
Ruth was a work-aholic and was part of the first group of women to work in the lumbermill, in Longview, Washington. Also one of the first women to be on the tree planting crew with Weyhauseur and the oldest working woman at Tyson plant in Waldron. She loved to hunt and fish and taught her son how to do these things. He says, “that his mother was the greatest cook ever and would cook the most extravagant meals.” She did this because she grew up during the depression. She had a green thumb for raising a garden and never wasted anything, be it through canning or other storage. She was a loving, dedicated mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister and friend to all. She will be dearly missed by all.
She is survived by son, daughter, four grandchildren, sister, fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchildren
Mrs. Stokes was preceded in death by her parents Greg and Esther Porterfield, daughter, Carol BigEagle, two brothers, her husband Joe “Kalb” Stokes and a grandchild.
Graveside service will be Wednesday June 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lockesburg,
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