RUTH BOYD BROWN

RUTH BROWN

Memorial services for Ruth Anice Boyd Brown, 89, of Tyler formerly of Nederland, was at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at Atria Willow Park in Tyler.

Mrs. Brown died Aug. 12. She was born on Dec. 13, 1917, to the Rev. James Cleveland and Isla Mae Splawn Boyd in Mercedes. Mrs. Brown was a teacher, graduating from Texas Women's University. She taught in several schools in southeast Texas, worked in the lab at Pure Oil Refinery during World War II, and later worked for Meco Security in Nederland. She was also a homemaker, a volunteer in the Nederland Independent School District and a Pink Lady at Mid-Jefferson County Hospital. She was a long time member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Nederland where she was a member of United Methodist Women, member of the choir and an honorary member of the Administrative Board. Due to her many hours of volunteer work and service to the community, June 19, 2005 was declared "Ruth Brown Day" by the City of Nederland.

Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice L. Brown. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law; Jim and Mary Brown of Jacksonville, daughter and sonin law, Mary Madelyn B. and Hector Medina of Miami, Fla.; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Isla Lucile Boyd of Tyler and Elizabeth Carr of Centennial, Colo.; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, 75701. Arrangements were under the direction of Autry Funeral Home.