Ruth Cox Hunley, sister of Helen Carr of Southampton, died on March 1 at Home Place Hospice in Tyler, Texas. She was 79.
Born July 21, 1929, in West Warwick, Rhode Island, Mrs. Hunley was a 55-year resident of Tyler. A Baptist, she worked as an administrator for Richard and Joseph’s Beauty School and was a volunteer at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler.
She is survived by her husband, Bill Hunley; two sons and their wives, Paul and Laura Trotter and Tim and Kay Trotter, all of Texas; a brother, Arthur Trainer of Rhode Island; two sisters, Helen Carr of Southampton and Bea Tourgee of Rhode Island; and three grandchildren, Allen, Kelly and Lyric Matthew Trotter.
The family received friends on March 3 at the Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home in Tyler, where funeral services were held on March 4, with Dr. Dan Cozart officiating. Interment followed in the Cathedral at Pines Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Boulevard, Tyler 75701 would be appreciated.
on Mar 4, 2009