Ruth Freeman

Ruth Katherine

Bernard Freeman

Ruth Katherine Bernard Freeman, 91, of Bedford County, died Saturday,

Dec. 4, 2010, at Bedford County Nursing Home. She was the loving wife of 69 years to the late James Alfred Freeman Jr. Born Dec. 21, 1918, in Campbell County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Thomas Bernard and Annie Mae Dudley Bernard.

Mrs. Freeman was a retired food service technician for Central Virginia Training Center, and a member of Fairview United Methodist Church.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Freeman is preceded in death by five brothers, Thomas, Elmer, James, Joseph and Linwood Bernard.

Mrs. Freeman is survived by one son, Robert E. Bernard, of Clermont, Fla.; two daughters, Marguerite Hubbard, of Forest, and Linda Ramsey and her husband, William, also of Forest; three grandchildren, Michael W. Hubbard and his wife, Tracy, of Vinton, Richard H. Hubbard, of Lynchburg, and Kimberly A. Barone and her husband, Kevin, of Forest.; seven great-grandchildren, Taylor, Spenser, Aaron, Michaela and Ethan Hubbard, of Vinton, Richard Hubbard, of Lynchburg, and Hannah Ruth Barone, of Forest; two half-sisters, Betty Floyd, of Rustburg, and Brenda Short, of Altavista; and one niece, Mary Kovack.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Whitten Timberlake Chapel, with Pastor Kathy Nicholls, of Englewood Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Spring Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today, Dec. 5, 2010, at Whitten Timberlake Chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made to Fairview United Methodist Church, 3041 Campbell Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24501.

The family would like to thank all of the staff at Bedford County Nursing Home for their loving care and thoughtfulness to their mother.

To send condolences to the family, please visit www.whittenfuneral

home.com.

Whitten Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Timberlake Chapel, is serving the family.