Ruth Mary Elkins Gautier

1922 - 2008

Ruth Mary Elkins Gautier, 85, of Penhook, Virginia, died Sunday, August 31, 2008. She retired from the Wyoming County West Virginia School System to Penhook, Virginia, to own and operate Frenchie and Ruth's Mini-Mart. Ruth was raised in Eccles, West Virginia, and she and husband Frenchie raised their family in Itmann, West Virginia. She was born September 22, 1922, in Eccles, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Tag and Sylvia Clay Elkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Jules "Frenchie" Gautier; sisters, Pansy Wyatt, of Fairdale, West Virginia, Opal Burleson, of Baltimore, Maryland, and Violet Jenkins, of Brownsmill, New Jersey. Mrs. Gautier is survived by her sons, Jules Gautier Jr. (Karen), of Gary, West Virginia, Jack Gautier and Susan Evans, of Penhook, Virginia; her grandchildren, Jules "Jay" Gautier III and wife, Mary, of Beckley, West Virginia, Jeremy Gautier and wife, Wynetta, of New Richmond, West Virginia, Jason Gautier, of Beckley, West Virginia, Chastity Gautier McBroom and husband, John, of Laffette, Virginia, Brandon Gautier and wife, Ashley, of Roanoke, Virginia; great-grandchildren, Jamie, Hunter, Hannah, Rachael, Melissa, Tye, Ayla, Django, Isabella and Brady. Funeral services will be conducted from Penhook United Methodist Church 11 a.m. Thursday, September 4, 2008, with the Rev. Tommy Newman officiating. Interment will follow in Liberty Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 665 South Main Street, Rocky Mount, Virginia.