Minnie Ruth Cole Marshall
April 30, 2014
Minnie Ruth Cole Marshall, 94 of Atmore, passed away April 28, 2014, in Atmore. She will be long remembered as a perfectionist seamstress. She was born in Escambia County on September 10, 1919, to the late James Anderson and Ida Pearl Simmons Cole. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church of over 67 years and was also a member of The Order of the Eastern Star. She was the youngest of seven children of James and Ida Pearl Cole.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Earl Marshall; son, Franklin Earl Marshall; and one son-in-law, Roy Burkett.
Survivors include one daughter, Betty Ruth Marshall Burkett of Atmore; four grandchildren, Christy Burkett (David) Neff of Atmore, Jason Eric Burkett of Tallahassee, Jeffrey Scott Marshall of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Amanda Leigh Hogue of Brewton; four great-grandchildren, Lisa Coleen Neff of Ft. Collins, Col., Anna Shealyn Hogue, Amber Lee Carpenter Marshall and Bradley Scott Marshall, all of Brewton; two great-great-grandchildren, Gabriel Lee Carpenter and Mason Conner Carpenter of Flomaton.
Services will be Thursday, May 1, 2014, at 10 a.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Diane Everette and Rev. Jim Thorpe officiating.
Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Family will receive friends Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 6 p.m until 8 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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