MY MOMMA WAS BORN IN WEST VIRGINA AND SHE WAS ALWAYS SO PROUD OF THAT STATE.IT IS TRUELY BEAUTIFUL AND I CAN SEE WHY,SHE LOVED THE COUNTRY JUST LIKE JOHN DENVERS SONG 'COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME S HOME TO THE HOME TO MY WEST VIRGINA" SHE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE BIG OLE OHIO RIVER AND HER SISTERS AND BROTHERS SHE WAS SO PROUD OF HER TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE HIGHWAY PATROLMEN.FAMILY WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HER.SHE WAS CLOSE TO HER SISTERS AND BROTHERS.SHE WAS THE BABY OF THEM ALL.SHE WAS RAISED UP INT THE L.D.S.MORMAN FAITH AND WAS UP UNTIL HER PASSING.MOMMA WAS A STRONGED WILLED AND ONERY PERSONEBUT ALSO A GIVING AND LOVEING LADY.SHE WAS LOVED BY SO MANY FOR THE KINDNESS SHE SHOWED THROUGH THE YEARS.SHE WAS A WAITTRESS FOR THIRTY YEARS.SHE MOVED TO SANTA MONICA CA AND THATS WHERE WE ALL TRIED TO AMKE A LIFE TOGETHER.SHE WORKED FOR THE RESTURANT SAMBOS IN SANTA MONICA.WHEN A CROWD OF PEOPLE CAMAE IN WITH KIDS ALL THE WAITTRESSES WOULD ASKED RUTHIE YOU WANT THAT PARTY OF OF KIDS /MOMMA ALWAYS CAME HOME WITH A LOT OF TIP MONEY AND KIDS DIDNT BOTHER SHE LOVED THEM!SHE WAS SO MUCH FUN BACK IN SANTA MONICA THOSE ARE SOME OF MY FOND MEMORIES OF HER AND US AS A FAMILY.SHE IS MISSED DAILY.