Ruby Hart 91, of Carmi died at 6:11 p.m Monday, Aug. 20, 2001 at White County Medical Center in Carmi. She was born May 6, 1910 in Enfield, the daughter of Herschel Allen and Nora Mandy (Gwaltney) Newman. She married Cecil Hart on Feb 2, 1928 and he preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1969. Mrs. Hart was a member of the Cherry Street General Baptist Church in Carmi. She was a homemaker.
Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Mildred and Harry Barbre of Carmi; two grandchildren and their spouses, Carol and Larry Beck and Sharon and Rex Stallings, all of Carmi; three great grandchildren, Kara Kessler and her husband, Curt, Jason and Shannon Stallings; one great-great-grandchild, Kelsi Keesler; three sister, Fay Garrett and Iva B. Sutton, both of Carmi, and Freda Foley of Mt. Vernon, IN; and one brother, Arnold Newman of Pekin.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Thelma Lane and Wilma Lane and two brothers, Ernest and Virgil Newman.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Campbell Funeral Home in Carmi, the Rev. Nicholas Showalter officiating. Burial will be at White County Memorial Garden near Carmi. Visitation will be from noon until the time of the service Wednesday at the funeral home
Contributed by M.A. Hart
