Ruth Tingle Sullivan

Ruth Tingle Sullivan, age 93, of Northport, Alabama, passed away March 18, 2025 at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 24, 2025, at Magnolia Chapel North with Pastor Neal Fowler, Pastor Tony Mahathey, and Pastor Greg Strickland officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer E. "Pete" Sullivan; parents, Gordon Tingle Sr. and Elmina Tingle; daughter, Angela Fowler; sister, Sandra Sutton; brother, Louis Tingle; and daughter-in-law, Vicki L. Sullivan.

Survivors include her daughter, Sherry Jones (Mike); sons, Glenn Sullivan (Dale), Randall Sullivan (Rita), and Darrell Sullivan; sisters, Barbara Olson (John), and Jean Edgeworth (Joe); brothers, Dawson Tingle (Cindy), Gordon E. Tingle Jr., and Larry Tingle (Susan); grandchildren, Jason Jones (Bethany), Jon Jones (Kim), Amy Mims (Jamie), Hannah Sullivan, Matthew Sullivan (Laci), Justin Sullivan, Jacob Sullivan (Hannah), Leah Benson (Aron), and Nathan Fowler; great-grandchildren, Wyatt Jones, Annely Jones, Eva Jones, Huck Jones, Hanaleigh Benson, Declan Benson, Haisley Benson and Logan Bolton.

She had many names. We called her Mother. We called her Memaw. We called her Sister. We called her Friend. She was a Tingle, a Sullivan, and later a Quinn. You may have known her as a seamstress, a gardener, a fried-chicken cooker, a quilter, a road tripper, a plant lover, or a Sunday school teacher. She was nurturer, a caregiver, a helper, a confidant, a sharer, and a listener. She was a wife, a Proverbs 31 woman, a traveler, a military spouse, and a Christian. She was tenacious, giving, and kind. She was a baker and an apple-pie maker, an Alabamian and, briefly, a Hoosier. She is now a resident of Heaven. On March 18, 2025, He called her Good and Faithful Servant, and, really, that's the only name that matters.

Pallbearers will be Jason Jones, Jon Jones, Matthew Sullivan, Justin Sullivan, Jacob Sullivan, and Nathan Fowler.

Honorary pallbearers are Northport Church of God, LifePointe Church of God, Life Church, Parkway Church of God, nurses of Hospice of West Alabama, Dr. Scott Fulgham and staff, and neighbors of Stewart Parc.