Born in Wills Point, TX on Sep. 1, 1925
Departed on Jun. 3, 2015 and resided in Grand Saline, TX.
Funeral services for Amy Ruth Sledge, 89, of Grand Saline, formerly of Wills Point, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Mr. Alvis Nichols officiating. Interment will follow at Myrtle Springs Cemetery near Wills Point.
She passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Grand Saline.
Ruth was born on September 1, 1925, in Wills Point, the daughter of Nat Wade and Rebecca Mathis Wade. She was raised in Wills Point, where she attended public school. Ruth was married to Grady Windell McBride and later married Sterling Sledge. She was employed by Terrell State Hospital where she worked as a nurse's aid. Ruth was a member of the Wills Point Church of Christ.
Preceded in death by her parents, Nat and Rebecca Wade; two husbands, Grady Windell McBride and Sterling Sledge; two brothers, Odis Wade and Thurman Wade and three sisters, Vera Wade, Velma Brown and Esther Lea Howard.
Ruth is survived by three sons, Mike McBride & wife, Ronda, of Wills Point, Pat McBride & wife, Penny, of Wills Point and Tony McBride & wife, Mary, of Ben Wheeler; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday afternoon from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.