FOY LOU ESTES RUTH BASDEN
Mooreville ? Foy Lou Estes Ruth Basden, 93, died Monday, July 29, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Center. She was born December 5, 1919, to Mannie and Selma Shumpert Estes. All of her life she lived in Lee County. As a profession, she worked as a seamstress for Reeds Manufacturing. Gardening and quilting were two of the past times she enjoyed. She was a faithful member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with Bro. Wexford Parmer officiating. Burial will in Boguefala Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband of 24 years, 9 months, 24 days, Claudie Basden of Mooreville; one son, Fred Ruth (Sheila) of California; two daughters, Annette Rundquist (Bob) of Saltillo and Peggy Wood (Ken) of Mooreville; five step-children, James, Robert, Raymond and Joe Basden and Betsy Bedoe; eight grandchildren, Cynthia Hyland, Kimberly Althausen, James Wiggins, Cathy Smith, Pam Winkler, Bob Rundquist, Kenneth and Scott Wood; twelve great-grandchildren, Thomas Hyland, John Althausen, Addison and Lora Beth Wiggins, Kim Carroll, Ben Smith, Megan McGee, Shelby Craig, Jake and Sydne Bane and Heather Rundquist; four great-great-grandchildren, Mia, Drew and Mason Carroll and Nathan McGee; two sisters, Mae Ruth and Ellen Stroup; two brothers, Mannie and John Estes; eleven nieces and twelve nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Lewis Ruth in 1984; two sisters, Marie Jones and Lucille Allen; two brothers, Earnest and Leonard Estes; one great-grandson, Charles Robert Smith.
Pallbearers will be James Wiggins, Scott and Kenneth Wood, Bob Rundquist, Ben Smith, Jerry Putt and Fred Mayes.