DOROTHY RUFFIN - Dorothy Elizabeth Easley Ruffin, age 77, of Columbus, MS, died April 9, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be Sunday, April 11, 2010, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Ron McDougald officiating and Rev. Clark Richardson assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation was Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 5:00-8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mrs. Ruffin was born May 27, 1932, in Columbus, MS, to the late Joseph and Naomi Moore Easley. She was a lifelong resident of Columbus and was a retired bookkeeper from Devoe Paint & Decorating Center and Columbus Paint & Decorating. Mrs. Ruffin was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was preceded in death by her brothers, Clarence and James Easley, and sisters, Eleanor Gentry, Mildred Dixon, and Martha Ruth Manning. Survivors include her husband, James W. Ruffin, Sr., son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Jane Ruffin of Columbus, daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Harvey Dallas of Brandon, MS, and Donna and John Wartes of Flowood, MS, sister, Lema Thomas of West Point, MS, 8 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Joe Dallas, Bryan Dallas, David Dallas, Jason Ruffin, Erik Ruffin, Chris Taylor, Michael Wartes, and Chris Wartes. Honorary pallbearers will be the staffs of Private Home Personal Care and Baptist Memorial Hospice. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society 1380 Livingston Lane Jackson, MS 39213 or St. Judes Childrens Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 or to the donor's favorite charity.
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