Ruth Saunders Rumbley

Ruth Saunders Rumbley, 89, of Reidsville, NC, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, March 25, 2018. She died peacefully at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro after an unexpected brief battle with pancreatic cancer. A funeral service will be held at 3:00PM, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel in Reidsville with Rev. Ronnie Warner officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service from 2 til 3PM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Evergreen Memory Gardens in Reidsville. A native of Rockingham County, Ruth was born on April 11, 1928 in Draper (now Eden), NC to the late John Early Saunders and Bettie Bowers Saunders. She worked for a brief time at American Tobacco Company and also as an independent Interior Designer. She was a member of Freedom Baptist Church in Reidsville. Ruth is preceded in death by her devoted husband of 62 years, Roy Alfred Rumbley, her parents, sisters Marcelle Light and Betsy Wray, and brother, John Franklin Saunders. She leaves behind a loving family that includes her brother, Bobby Saunders (Neva) and her sister, Mamie Hairfield, both of of Eden, as well as cousins, nieces, nephews, and many loving friends. The family would like to thank all the staff at Brookdale in Reidsville as well as the wonderful team at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro for your compassionate care of our loved one.