Ruth Felton

Ruth D. Felton SUFFOLK - Ruth Virginia Dilday Felton, 84, of 100 block of Anna Goode Way, died Dec. 1, 2008, in Sentara Obici Hospital. Mrs. Felton was born in Hertford County, North Carolina, and was the daughter of the late Andrew Jesse Sr. and Mary Cornelia Brinkley Dilday. A retired sales clerk, she was a member of Eure Christian Church and a former member of its Ladies Aid Fellowship. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lugene Joseph Felton; a sister, Mary Ellen Dilday Harrell; and brothers, Lee Jackson Dilday, Andrew Jessie Dilday Jr., Raymond McCoy Dilday, Dan Ruffin Dilday and Donald Owens Dilday. Surviving are her daughter, Lugayle Felton Upchurch, her husband Fred and their son Christian Frederick Upchurch, all of Suffolk; three sisters, Dorothy Evelyn Dilday Bowden of Suffolk, Mable Gray Dilday Umphlette of Murfreesboro and Nancy Mae Dilday Wheeler of Lasker; and two brothers, Luther Edward Dilday of Greenville, N.C., and Howard Ray Dilday of Murfreesboro. A funeral will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Eure Christian Church by the Rev. Wayne Gardner and the Rev. Michael Brinkley. Burial will follow in Ahoskie Cemetery. Friends may join the family in the social hall of the church immediately following the church service and all other times at the home of her daughter, 828 Craig Drive, Suffolk.