Ruth Hamrick

SHELBY — Mrs. Ruth Yarborough Hamrick, 80, of 2113 Randolph Road, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at home. She was born on May 23, 1928, to the late Hoyle and Melissa Brooks Yarborough. She graduated from Lattimore High School in Lattimore. She was a faithful member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church since her marriage to Hoyt in 1948. Ruth worked for many years at the A&P and Ingles Grocery Stores. She loved her many friends who will remember the assistance she gave them in the meat markets where she worked. The family wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those from Hospice who cared so lovingly for Ruth in the home, and a special appreciation to Mrs. Josie Massey and Martha Lawton, who also provided loving care for Ruth in the home. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Donald Ralph Hamrick, who died in Vietnam in 1971; a brother, Hoyle Yarborough Jr.; two sisters, Magdeline Wilson and Ethel Edwards; her niece, Patsy Luckadoo; step-mother, Gertie Yarborough; sister-in-law, Marilyn Justice; brother-in-law, Jay Hamrick; and her mother and father-in-law, Gertrude and Ralph Hamrick. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, J. Hoyt Hamrick of the home; a son, James Phillip Hamrick of Pensacola, Fla.; and her daughter, Tammy Jean Mullholland, formerly of Tennessee, currently of Shelby. Tammy cared for her mother and allowed her to pass away at home. Ruth was the grandmother of Allison Rhyne of Dallas, N.C., Morgan Hamrick and Misty Morgan, both of Pensacola, Michael Bridges of Charlotte and Melissa Tamez and husband, Lazaro, of San Diego, Calif. She was the great-grandmother of Solomon Rhyne, Becca Tamez, Logan Tamez and Conner Morgan. She considered her in-laws to be an additional biological family because her biological mother died when Ruth was five years old. She is survived by two brothers-in-law, Dr. Willard Hamrick and his wife, Shirley Hamrick, of Chapel Hill and A.V. Justice of Shelby; and three sisters-in-law, Marthel Hamrick, LaVonne Powell and husband, Bill Powell, and Nancy Hughes and husband, Michael Hughes, all of Shelby.
Visitation: The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Funeral: Wednesday, May 6, 2 p.m., Beaver Dam Baptist Church; The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.
Burial: Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
Officiated by: Dr. Paul Sorrells and Rev. Jimmy Black
Memorials: Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150; or Beaver Dam Baptist Church Building Fund, 123 Beaver Dam Church Road, Shelby, NC 28152