Ruth S. Stimpson, 92 Retired Teacher Dies Monday

Published 1:52 pm Monday, July 26, 2010

DECEMBER 11 – Ruth Reynolds Stimpson, 92, of Farmville, died Monday, December 8, 2003.

Born October 28, 1911 near Gretna, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Roxie Reynolds. She was the widow of Thomas E. Stimpson.

Mrs. Stimpson was a 1932 graduate of Longwood Teachers College and retired in 1978 from the Cumberland County Public School system.

She is survived by a son, Thomas Edward Stimpson, Jr. and his wife, Connie of Cumberland; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Ruth Anderson.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Browns Presbyterian Church with Interment in the church cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Browns Presbyterian Church Building Fund.

Doyne-Burger-Davis Funeral Home, Farmvllle, was In charge of arrangements.