1922
Ruth
2008
Ruth Mary Elkins Gautier
September 22, 1922 — August 31, 2008
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Ruth Mary Elkins Gautier, age 85 of Penhook, Virginia died Sunday, August 31, 2008.
She retired from the Wyoming County West Virginia School System to Penhook, Virginia to own and operate Frenchie and Ruth’s Mini-Mart.
Ruth was raised in Eccles, West Virginia and she and husband Frenchie raised their family in Itmann, West Virginia.
She was born September 22, 1922 in Eccles, West Virginia a daughter of the late Tag and Sylvia Clay Elkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Jules “Frenchie” Gautier; sisters, Pansy Wyatt of Fairdale, West Virginia, Opal Burleson of Baltimore, Maryland and Violet Jenkins of Brownsmill, New Jersey.
Mrs. Gautier is survived by her sons, Jules Gautier, Jr. (Karen) of Gary, West Virginia, Jack Gautier and Susan Evans of Penhook, Virginia; her grandchildren, Jules “Jay” Gautier III and wife Mary, Beckley, West Virginia, Jeremy Gautier and wife Wynetta of New Richmond, West Virginia, Jason Gautier of Beckley, West Virginia, Chastity Gautier McBroom and husband John of Laffette, Virginia, Brandon Gautier and wife Ashley of Roanoke, Virginia; great-grandchildren, Jamie, Hunter, Hannah, Rachael, Melissa, Tye, Ayla, Django, Isabella and Brady.
Funeral services will be conducted from Penhook United Methodist Church 11 a.m. Thursday, September 4, 2008 with Rev. Tommy Newman officiating. Interment will follow in Liberty Christian Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 665 South main Street, Rocky Mount, Virginia.
She retired from the Wyoming County West Virginia School System to Penhook, Virginia to own and operate Frenchie and Ruth’s Mini-Mart.
Ruth was raised in Eccles, West Virginia and she and husband Frenchie raised their family in Itmann, West Virginia.
She was born September 22, 1922 in Eccles, West Virginia a daughter of the late Tag and Sylvia Clay Elkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Jules “Frenchie” Gautier; sisters, Pansy Wyatt of Fairdale, West Virginia, Opal Burleson of Baltimore, Maryland and Violet Jenkins of Brownsmill, New Jersey.
Mrs. Gautier is survived by her sons, Jules Gautier, Jr. (Karen) of Gary, West Virginia, Jack Gautier and Susan Evans of Penhook, Virginia; her grandchildren, Jules “Jay” Gautier III and wife Mary, Beckley, West Virginia, Jeremy Gautier and wife Wynetta of New Richmond, West Virginia, Jason Gautier of Beckley, West Virginia, Chastity Gautier McBroom and husband John of Laffette, Virginia, Brandon Gautier and wife Ashley of Roanoke, Virginia; great-grandchildren, Jamie, Hunter, Hannah, Rachael, Melissa, Tye, Ayla, Django, Isabella and Brady.
Funeral services will be conducted from Penhook United Methodist Church 11 a.m. Thursday, September 4, 2008 with Rev. Tommy Newman officiating. Interment will follow in Liberty Christian Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 665 South main Street, Rocky Mount, Virginia.
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