Ruth Culbertson

Mrs. Ruth Marie Powers Culbertson, age 88, of the Kents Ridge Road section of Cedar Bluff, Virginia, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2007 at the home of her son, Bill Culbertson, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Wise County, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Duncan Allen Powers and Lottie Bell Skeens Powers, both Wise County natives. She had made her home in the Cedar Bluff area for the past 60 years and was a graduate of Little French's Beauty Academy and had completed food preparation courses at Southwest Virginia Community College. She was a former certified nurse?s aide and was retired from the Tazewell County School System having worked at Richlands Elementary School. She loved serving food to the special needs children at Pounding Mill. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Richlands, Virginia. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Mahone Culbertson, Jr.; one sister, Imogene Elaine Powers; one brother, Duncan Powers; and one half brother preceded her in death. Survivors are: Two Daughters: Carole Lee Culbertson Meade and husband, William of Williamston, South Carolina Nancy Elaine Culbertson Ratliff and husband, Eddie of Belfast, Virginia Two Sons: William Allen Culbertson and wife, Susie of Kents Ridge, Virginia George Mahone Culbertson and wife, Deborah of Ridgeway, Washington One Half Sister: Mary Ann Keen and husband, Lee of Grundy, Virginia Ten Grandchildren and 13 Great Grandchildren also survive. Special Caregivers: Pat Stiltner, Leola Boardwine, Orpha Mullins, and Preferred Home Health Care. Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Marie Powers Culbertson will be conducted Monday, August 20, 2007 at 2:00pm at the First Untied Methodist Church in Richlands, Virginia with the Rev. David Brannock officiating. Entombment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Pallbearers will be: William Mahone Culbertson, IV, Jonce Allen Culbertson, Eddie Ratliff, Robert Edwin Culbertson, Bud Culbertson, David Meade, Jon Meade, and Richard Meade. Honorary Pallbearer will be: Dr. Dwight Bailey. Friends may call after 6:00pm Sunday evening at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia and one hour prior to the service Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Untied Methodist Church, 402 Suffolk Avenue, Richlands, Virginia 24641 or a charity of your choice.

Ruth Culbertson

November 28, 1918 - August 16, 2007