Ruth Ann Taborn of Carrier Mills

Ruth Ann Taborn, 69, of Carrier Mills died at 10:20 p.m. Sunday, June 7, 2020 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday June 12, 2020 at Lakeview Cemetery in Carrier Mills. The Rev. Jerry Huckleberry will officiate. Private family visitation will be held. Felty Funeral Home in Carrier Mills is assisting the family.

Ruth was born on Dec. 16, 1950 in Carrier Mills to the late Lorenzo and Christine (Gibbs) Taborn.

Ruth worked as a manager for Huck's for several years and also at Harrisburg Kmart until they closed. She also had worked at Carrier Mills Nursing Home, Shawnee Rose Nursing Home and Brookstone Estates, where she made a ton of friends. She loved to cook and read her Kindle and spend time with her family. She dearly loved her family and was a matriarch to them; she never had any children of her own, but she was a mother to many.

Ruth was also a member of the Landmark House of Praise in Carrier Mills.

She is survived by two brothers, David Paul Taborn of Carrier Mills and Dean Taborn of Carterville; sister, Ramona Williams of Louisville, Kentucky; several nieces and nephews; and her puppies, Hannah and Bailey.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; seven brothers, Tyrone, Dahl, Orville, Terry, Don L., Bruce and Kelly Taborn; and two sisters, Marlice Crittendon and Pauline Curry.