Individual Details
Ruth Anna "Ann" Hock
(February 18, 1918 - August 31, 2007)
FAG 21285792
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at West Main Baptist Church for Ruth Ann Lewis of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Lewis, 89, died Friday, August 31, 2007 at Artesia General Hospital.
Mrs. Lewis was born February 18, 1918 in Joplin, Missouri; the daughter of George Washington Hock and Samantha (McClain) Hock. On December 23, 1937 she was married to George Walker Lewis in Carlsbad, N.M. She came to Artesia in 1937 from Missouri. He preceded her in death February 18, 1984. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one brother, and four sisters.
She was a Dietician for Artesia General Hospital. She retired from the hospital in 1979 after 35 years of service. She was a member of West Main Baptist Church, loved to hunt arrowheads and pottery, and her quilting.
Survivors include her son James Walker Lewis and wife Karis of Odessa, Texas; daughter Jane Howard and husband Harvey of Artesia; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at West Main Baptist Church for Ruth Ann Lewis of Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Lewis, 89, died Friday, August 31, 2007 at Artesia General Hospital.
Mrs. Lewis was born February 18, 1918 in Joplin, Missouri; the daughter of George Washington Hock and Samantha (McClain) Hock. On December 23, 1937 she was married to George Walker Lewis in Carlsbad, N.M. She came to Artesia in 1937 from Missouri. He preceded her in death February 18, 1984. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one brother, and four sisters.
She was a Dietician for Artesia General Hospital. She retired from the hospital in 1979 after 35 years of service. She was a member of West Main Baptist Church, loved to hunt arrowheads and pottery, and her quilting.
Survivors include her son James Walker Lewis and wife Karis of Odessa, Texas; daughter Jane Howard and husband Harvey of Artesia; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren
Events
| Birth | February 18, 1918 | Missouri | |||
| Marriage | December 23, 1937 | Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico - George Walker Lewis Jr. | |||
| Death | August 31, 2007 | Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico | |||
| Burial | Twin Oaks Memorial Park, Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico |
Families
| Spouse | George Walker Lewis Jr. (1916 - 1984) |
| Child | Ethel Jane Lewis (1939 - 2019) |
| Child | James Walker Lewis |
| Father | George Washington Hock (1890 - 1975) |
| Mother | Samantha Ethel McClain (1897 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Leroy Randolph Hock (1914 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Ola Margaret Hock (1917 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Vivian Nadine Hock (1919 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Beatrice Lucille Hock (1922 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Norma Rae Hock (1925 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Juanita L. Hock (1929 - 1983) |