Ruth Joyce "Mother Ruth" Duehring

Ruth (Mother Ruth) Rampey Joyce Duehring, 96. of Valdosta died Thursday, April 24, 2008, at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on Aug. 30, 1911, in Lakeland, Ga., to the late William Cator and Addie Smith Rampey. Mrs. Duehring was a member of the Azalea City Church of God, the Eastern Star, a Shriner’s widow and the Amaranzt. She enjoyed serving the Lord, fishing and gardening.Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Mary Nell and Darrell Griffin of Crystal River, Fla., Maxine Chaney of Valdosta; nine grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George Quarterman Joyce and James Milton Duehring, a daughter, Virginia Douglas, son-in-law, Lon Chaney, Sr., grandson, Mike Griffin, a great-grandson, William Lon Chaney, III, seven sisters, Allie Glenn Newman, Ruby McGill, Dora Fretwell, Willa Mae Weaver, Mattie Elmer Cook, Eunice Rampey and Anna Lee Rampey and three brothers, Wallace Rampey, Arthur Rampey and George M. Rampey. Funeral services will be held at Noon on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Gabbard, the Rev. Brett Jarriel and Pastor Maxie Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 26, 2008, from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of South Georgia, P. O. Box 1727, Valdosta, Ga., 31603 or to the Azalea City Church of God Building Fund, 247 N. St. Augustine Road, Valdosta, Ga., 31601. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. — Carson McLane Funeral Home.