Inez Truluck Ripley

Inez Truluck Ripley, of Roanoke, Va., died Thursday morning, April 29, 2010,at South Roanoke Nursing Home. Mrs. Ripley was the widow of E. Price Ripley, who died in June 1986. She is survived by her son, Richard Ripley and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Ripley, of Mill Creek, Wash. Mrs. Ripley was born in Lake City, S.C. to Lide R. Truluck and Mollie Matthews Truluck on July 22, 1915. Mrs. Ripley attended Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C., earned a BS in Commerce from the University of South Carolina in 1935 and an MBA from Lynchburg College in 1975. She also attended Emory Law School in Atlanta. Mrs. Ripley was an active volunteer for the Salvation Army, one of the founders of the Calvary Baptist Church Foundation and a member of the Board of the E. Price Ripley Foundation. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel. Visitation will be Monday evening, May 3, 2010, at Oakey's in downtown Roanoke, from 6 to 9 p.m. The funeral will be Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Calvary Baptist Church at 1 p.m. with a reception to follow at the Church. She will be interred with her parents in Lake City, S.C. later in the week. In lieu of flowers, she requested that donations be made to the Calvary Baptist Church Foundation, the Salvation Army or the E. Price Ripley Foundation.