Ruth Smallwood Smith Patterson, 76 of Middlesboro, passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville. She was born in Middlesboro on September 2, 1946, a daughter of the late Ance and Mary Cadle Smallwood. Ruth had been a housekeeper.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Lee Roy Smith; grandson, David Matthew Smith; the father of her children, Ira Smith; and siblings, Claude Smallwood, Lloyd Smallwood, Ethel Petigo, Arnold Smallwood, and Betty Branham.
Ruth is survived by her daughter, Anna Smith; sons, David Smith and wife, Melinda, and Donnie Smith; grandchildren, Teresa, Joshua, Kendra, Danielle, Skylar, Houston, Kaitlyn, Brooklyn, and Bradley; brother, Glen Smallwood; sister, Dorothy Rainy; and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Funeral services will be at 7:00 PM on Friday, June 2, 2023, at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home. The family will meet at the funeral home at 10:15 AM on Saturday to proceed to the graveside services at the Mountain View Cemetery in Harrogate with family and friends serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends on Friday from 5:00 PM until the funeral hour at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Pineville, which is honored to serve the Patterson Family. Light a candle of remembrance and sign the guest register at www.arnettsteele.com.
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home Inc.
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home Inc.
Mountain View Cemetery
Meet at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home at 10:15 AM to proceed to the cemetery.
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