Ruth O'Donnell's Obituary
Mrs. Ruth O’Donnell of Germantown, Tennessee, died the 20thof April in Sterling, Virginia. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 pm, Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Memorial Park Funeral Home and a funeral service will be held at 2:30 pm, Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with the entombment to follow. She was a member of Germantown United Methodist Church and an associate member of the North East Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. She also belonged to: Fort Assumption Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Chucaqua Chapter of Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century, Magna Charta Dames, Colonial Order of the Crown, Society of Descendants of a Knight of the Garter, American Association of University Women, Dames of the Court of Honor, Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Tennessee Education Association and the Memphis Retired Teachers Association. She is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Personalities of the South. She retired from the Memphis City School system after serving as a teacher at East Elementary School for seven years and as an educational consultant and coordinator for 23 years. She was active in international education and was a consultant to the American School and to Colegio Maya in Guatemala. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Stephen F. Austin University at Nacogdoches, Texas; a Masters Degree from Memphis State University and studied at the University of Colorado and University of Tennessee. She is survived by a son, Ambassador (ret.) Edward Baxter O’Donnell, Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina, a brother, Sam B. Hensley of Austin, Texas, grandchildren Susannah and Bradley O’Donnell and five great-grandchildren. Recommended charity is Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Ruth will be dearly missed by her loving family and numerous friends. Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, (901)767-8930, “Behind the Stone Wall”.
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