June 18, 1921 –  February 27, 2018  Whitesboro – Funeral Services for Nellie Ruth Rue, 96, of Whitesboro, Texas will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Meador Funeral Home Whitesboro, officiated by Rev. Joe Patterson. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Whitesboro. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.Nellie passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Just Like Home in Whitesboro.
She was born in Whitesboro, Texas on June 18, 1921 to William Daniel and Malinda Victoria (Salsman) Earnhart. She married G.W. Rue in Whitesboro on December 29, 1938. Nellie worked for many years for Linda Jo’s shoe factory in Gainesville, she worked for housekeeping at Wilson N. Jones Hospital and she did in home sitting for people. She was of the Baptist faith. She loved to go to the senior dances and to gospel singings, she enjoyed gardening, quilting and she was an excellent cook. Nellie loved people, she loved children and she just loved to be on the go.
Nellie is survived by her son, Rex Rue and wife, Judy of Whitesboro, son, George Rue of Whitesboro, grandson, Dr. Brad Rue and wife, Dr. Rebecca Rue of Sherman, granddaughters, Jennifer Rue and Melanie Rue of Red Oak, two great-grandsons, Austin Rue and Jackson Rue, special friend, Joe Barrett, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, W.D. and Malinda Earnhart, husband, G.W. Rue, daughter, Mary Jane Rue, daughter-in-law, Sephronia Rue, grandson, Ryan Rue, three sisters and two brothers. http://videos.lifetributes.com/875456