Individual Details

Ruth Pierce

(16 Sep 1913 - 17 Jan 2008)

Duncan Banner, Fri., Jan. 18, 2008
Midwest City - Former longtime Duncan resident RUTH TINKLE, 94, of Midwest City, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, in her home.
Funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Carter-Smart Funeral Home Chapel in Duncan. Burial will be in Duncan Cemetery.
Ruth was born Sept. 16, 1913, in Randlett, to Edgar and Pearl Stewart Pierce. She married Williard Tinkle, and he preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, W. F. Tinkle of Oklahoma City, and Charles Tinkle of Orange, Texas; five daughters, Sylvia Burns, Twyla Sampson and Corky Chandler, all of Duncan, and Sherry Kincannon and Mickie Payne, both of Oklahoma City; a sister, Dorothy Denning of Woodward; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be her grandchildren.

Events

Birth16 Sep 1913Oklahoma
Census (family)-shared21 Jan 1920(Rev. Edcar Pierce and Pearl Stewart) Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Census (family)-shared4 Apr 1930(Rev. Edcar Pierce and Pearl Stewart) Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Census (family)6 Apr 1940Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma - Charles Willard Tinkle
Census (family)22 Apr 1950King, Stephens County, Oklahoma - Charles Willard Tinkle
Residence1 Jun 1996Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
ResidenceOct 1996Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Residence1 Jul 2007Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Death17 Jan 2008Midwest City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Obituary18 Jan 2008Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
BurialDuncan Municipal Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseCharles Willard Tinkle (1915 - 1966)
ChildSylvia Maralene Tinkle (1936 - 2016)
ChildTwyla Kay Tinkle (1937 - 2014)
ChildSherry Annilla Tinkle (1940 - 2012)
ChildMickie Larue Tinkle (1943 - 2010)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseMatheny ( - )
FatherRev. Edcar Pierce (1893 - 1958)
MotherPearl Stewart (1895 - 1943)
SiblingLeota Florence Pierce (1914 - 1990)
SiblingGrover Charles Pierce (1916 - 2002)
SiblingDorthy Lee Pierce (1918 - 2014)
SiblingEdgar Norvin Pierce (1930 - 2000)

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