Obituary of Ruth Goforth

Services for Ruth Elastine Goforth, 88, Arp, are scheduled for 2:00 pm, Wednesday, April 10, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton, with Reverend Jim Atkins officiating. Burial will be Mason Cemetery. Mrs. Goforth died Monday, April 8, in a Whitehouse nursing home. She was born February 15,1925, in Stewart, OK, to the late Roy and Hattie Nichols. She lived and attended school in Arp. She was a member of Arp Assembly of God Church retired from Sears Roebuck in Tyler. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by two sisters, Hartense Allen and Eloise Hunt. Survivors include her children, Julie Ann Austin and husband Mark, Crowley,  Julian Michael Pierson, Arp, Timothy Arnold Pierson, Arp, and Karen Michele Montgomery and husband Bruce, Flint; 10 grandchildren Salina Duffy, Sharla Hill, Summer Schmalzried, Jeni and Jon Pierson, Courtney and Blake Pierson, Kaysie Mizzles. Nick Montgomery and Kylie Montgomery; 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Philip Allen, Nick Montgomery, Blake Pierson, David Pierson, Cordell Allen and Terry Waggoner. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dax Waggoner.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Tuesday, April 9.