Ralph Eugene Guthrie

RALPH EUGENE GUTHRIE DIED, MARCH 3, 2002 AT HIS HOME IN CHEROKEE. HE WAS 87. A BELOVED MEMBER OF THE CHEROKEE COMMUNITY, RALPH GUTHRIE WAS KNOWN BY ALL AS A GOOD MAN. HUMBLE, HONEST, AND HARD WORKING, HE WAS A MAN OF GOD. HE ENJOYED HIS WORK AS A BUSINESSMAN AND CATTLEMAN, BUT BEST OF ALL HE LOVED BEING A HUSBAND, FATHER, AND GRANDFATHER. TIME SPENT WITH HIS FAMILY WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM. HE LOVED HIS WIFE, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SHARED MANY IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT FAMILY LIFE AND LOVE. HIS MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPALS WERE TO LOVE GOD FIRST AND TO BE HUMBLE. HE ALWAYS TAUGHT HIS FAMILY, "HUMILITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY".

VISITATION FOR RALPH GUTHRIE WILL BE TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2003 FROM 6:00 UNTIL 8:00 PM AT MORRISON FUNERAL HOME, CHEROKEE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2003, 11:00 AM IN THE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL. BROTHER CHUCK WORLEY AND DR. KIRK MINOR WILL OFFICIATE AND INTERMENT WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY, IUKA, MS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CHEROKEE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS BELOVED WIFE, BETTYE HAINES GUTHRIE OF CHEROKEE, TWO DAUGHTERS; JOANN WALDREP AND HUSBAND DON OF CHEROKEE, AND JEANENE LYELL AND HUSBAND ROGER OF MADISON, MS; ONE SISTER; RUTH GUTHRIE OF CHEROKEE, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; DONNETTE WALDREP PUTMAN AND HER HUSBAND, GREG OF ATHENS, MONA WALDREP KEY AND HUSBAND, DAVID OF NASHVILE, TN, LEIGH ALLISON LYELL LOVE AND HER HUSBAND HUGH OF CHARLOTTE, NC, RALPH DANIEL WALDREP OF CHEROKEE, AND WILLIAM RALPH LYELL OF HOBOKEN, NJ, ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD, DAVID KIST KEY, JR.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FORMER WIFE, RUTH HAMM GUTHRIE, HIS PARENTS; CLINT AND ANNIE GUTHRIE AND A SISTER, REBECCA GUTHRIE McCULLOUCH.

PALLBEARERS ARE, JACKIE BORDEN, JUDGE GEORGE CARPENTER, JOE FORD, BUTCH GRISHAM, CARTER HAINES, JAMES HOLIDAY, HOWARD KEETON, AND DAVID SMITH.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS ARE, J. L. ETHRIDGE, GENE HAINES, JOHNNY HAYES, CHARLES KEETON, JAMES KEETON, AND CHARLES THOMPSON.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THEIR SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. PATRICK DAUGHTERY, DR. HEMAT PATE, MID-SOUTH HOME HEALTH , SOUTHERN CARE HOSPICE, SHOALS HOSPITAL NURSES AND THERAPISTS, CHEROKEE RESCUE SQUAD AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL FRIEND, MARY PATTON.

MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE CHEROKEE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OR A CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.

MORRISON FUNERAL HOME, CHEROKEE DIRECTING.