Ruth Velma Shores

June 4, 1923 - September 14, 2009

Mrs. Ruth Velma Shores was born on Monday, June 4, 1923, daughter of the late William Robert and Ruth Lillian Morris Byrd. Mrs. Shores died Monday, September 14, 2009 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 86 years 3 months and 10 days. She was born in Rector, Ark., and had lived in Trumann for the past 59 years and was formerly of Piggott, Ark. She was a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Shores was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Gray Shores in 2007, three sisters, five brothers and her parents. Survivors include one son and his wife, Gary and Betty Shores of Trumann, one sister and her husband, Louise and A.L. Carman of St. Francis, Ark., two grandchildren, Keiley Blair of Jonesboro and Amber and husband Matt Moon of Trumann and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann, with Dr. Tad Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery in Jonesboro, Ark. Active pallbearers will be Roy Lee Shores, Tommy Shores, Patrick Book, Andee Book, Jerry Byrd and Bill Henderson. Honorary pallbearers will be the Martha Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church. Visitation will be Thursday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. An online register can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.