Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Woody Reavis, age 87 of Manchester, will be conducted Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 2:00 P M. at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Rev. Bob Case officiating.
Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday, September 1, 2012 from 11 A. M. until time of the service at Coffee County Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Reavis passed away, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in Manchester.
Mrs. Reavis was born November 5, 1924 in Cleveland, Tennessee, the daughter of the late William Luther and Nancy Jane Jones Woody.
She was a homemaker and a member of the New Union Church of Christ. She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking and tending to her roses.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnson Paul Reavis, Jr., two sons Terry Randall Reavis and William David Reavis and step-mother Jeston Finney Woody.
She is survived by two daughters, Mary Jane Owen and her husband, Tim of Fairhope, Alabama and Paulette White and her husband, Elliot of Manchester; one brother, Jimmy Woody and his wife, Charlotte of Prescott, Arkansas; eighteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family has chosen memorial contributions be made to the American Diabetes Association, P. O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA. 22312; the American Heart Association, 1818 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN. 37203 or the American Cancer Society, 6221 Shallowford Road, Suite 102, Chattanooga, TN. 37421.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Ruth Woody Reavis.