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Ruth Plank Obituary
Ruth Ann Plank "Granny", age 68 of Cleveland, Texas, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016. She was born April 18, 1948 in Bryan, Texas to parents Morris Shepherd and Milady Balcar Sample who preceded her in death along with her sister, Sharon Kay; and Honorary Son Jerimy Ellis.
Survivors include her husband, "Dick" Plank; sons, David "Shorty" Reynolds and wife Karitta, and Richard Plank; daughters, Susan Faulkner and husband Freddie, Kim Hickok-Bates and husband Jimmy, Jeanie James and husband Andy, Kristie Franco and husband Estevan; brothers, Morris Sample, Jr., Doug and Liz Sample, Tim and Bonnie Sample, Robert Sample, and David Sample; sister, Dorothy and Manuel Gomez; grandchildren, Justin Coats, Alyssa and Tiffany Faulkner, Lauren and Ashley Hickok, Alex, Connor and Jackson Bates, Dillion and Zack Weatherford, Jessie, David and Tommy James, Sophia and Abigail Franco; great-grandchildren, Brody, Kiptyn and Jerimy Coats; Honorary Son Robert "Buck" Bailey; numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 1, 2016 at Pace Stancil Funeral Home, Cleveland, Texas. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Pace Stancil Chapel, Cleveland, Texas. Interment will follow at Ryan Cemetery, Cleveland, Texas.
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