Ruth L. Wilhite

Ruth Wilhite, 97, Kansas City, MO, passed away February 5, 2006 at Baptist Lutheran Hospital. She had lived for the past ten years at Kingswood Care Center, KCMO. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, February 9, 2006 at Newcomer's Floral Hills Chapel, Kansas City, MO. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Burial will be at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Ruth was born Nov. 12, 1908 in Hume, MO, the eldest daughter of Arlie and Josie Purcell Taylor. She grew up in Sheldon, MO and after graduation from high school there in 1926, she attended the Chillicothe business college in Chillicothe, MO. In 1934 she married Ray Wilhite who died in 1976. She and Ray were faithful members of Spring Valley Baptist church in Raytown, MO and enjoyed serving the Lord there many years. At home, she loved growing flowers and working in her garden a hobby at which she was truly gifted. After her retirement from the disbursing dept. of the government in 1974, where she had worked for 30 years, and after Ray's death, she enjoyed traveling and expanding her talents in photography. She was preceded in death by her parents; Arlie and Josie Taylor and one sister, Velma Taylor White. Left behind to mourn her passing are two nieces; Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Goslin) of Shawnee, KS and Carol (Mrs. Daniel Finch) of Lawrenceville, GA, great nieces and nephews; Charles Goslin III of NY, NY, Cathleen Pluta, Roeland Pk. KS, Stephen Goslin, Shawnee, KS, Sherwin Finch, Lawrenceville, GA, Cheryl Hill, Hoschten, GA; many great-great nieces and nephews, and friends she made through the years. Her dedication and faithfulness to her home, work and God will be remembered by all who knew her. (Arr; D.W. Newcomer's Sons Floral Hills Chapel, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd., KCMO 64133, 816-3531218, www.dwnewcomers.com)