Ruth Mayo

Ruth F. Mayo, 87, of Hillsboro passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 29, 2014, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Rev. Danny Gilliam officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Garden of Memory near Hillsboro. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, November 28, 2014, at the funeral home.

Born January 18, 1927 in Hill County, she was the daughter of Staley and Gracie Goodman. In 1979, she retired as a seamstress from Woods Manufacturing in Waco. She enjoyed watching TV, going to Wal-Mart, going out to eat, and listening to country music. Ruth like to have a good debate and she thought she was always right. She was of the Baptist faith.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Bobby Lee Mayo on February 28, 1971; son, David Harold Dickinson; two brothers, R. D. Goodman and Ed Goodman; and a sister, Alice Ridlehuber.

Survivors include two children, Ridley Don Dickinson and wife, Sue, of Iredell and Bobbie Ruth Mayo of Woodway; brother, Billy Ray Goodman of Fort Worth; two sisters, Virginia Thomas and Doris Brown, both of Hillsboro; eight grandchildren, Kenneth Scott Dickinson, Jason Lee Dickinson, Brandy Michelle Dickinson, Vance Allen Mayo, Tiffany Kay Dickinson, Marcie Leanne Pledger, Ashton Renee Carr, and Matthew Colt Dickinson; and ten great-grandchildren, Ashley Dickinson, Katy Dickinson, Alexas Dickinson, Chloe L. Mayo, Noah Dickinson, Dion Terrell Carr, Jr., Ayden Pledger, Adilyn Pledger, Brayden Dykes, and Kaylen Brown.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1700 Lake Success Dr., Waco, TX 76710 or American Heart Association, P. O. Box 841125, Dallas, TX 75284-1125.

Visitation

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ,Friday, November 28, 2014
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro
2495 Corsicana Highway Hillsboro, TX 76645

Funeral Service

11:00 AM ,Saturday, November 29, 2014
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro
2495 Corsicana Highway Hillsboro, TX 76645

Burial

Saturday, November 29, 2014
Hillcrest Garden of Memory
3838 State Highway 22 Hillsboro, TX 76645