Those who have received the OBIT by email post message this week can complete their information: RUTH LEWIS (Sullivan - Thompson) 1914-2003 Viewing Services are being held on > Monday 21 July 2003 > from 5 to 8 PM at the > McNerney's Mortuary > 570 W 6th St. > San Pedro, Ca 90731 > (310) 832 - 8351 Thereafter, the beautiful white cream & gold color burial casket will be sealed and transported by commercial air carrier to The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY. Burial services are planned at The Lexington Cemetery on 25 July, 2003 > 10 to 11 AM, > Section 48 - lot # 541 - Graves #2100 - 2450 > The Lexington Cemetery > 833 West Main Street > Lex., KY 40508 > (606) 255 - 5522 > Office Hours: 8 AM to 4 PM & Saturday 8 AM to Noon. For anyone not familiar with this Cemetery other persons buried there: > Henry Clay (1777-1852 - Statesman > John C Breckinridge (1821-1875) - Youngest V. P. of USA > "General" John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864) > Mary Desha (1850-1911) Co-founder Daughters of the American Revolution > Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) Founded Frontier Nursing Service > "Coach" Adolph Rupp (1901-1977) - Univ. of KY - Basketball Coach, > and the list goes on .... There are more than 500 Confederate Veterans and over 1,100 Union Army Veterans interred here. Ruth will be surrounded with many of her immediate and distant relatives, and will have one former husband buried in Miami, Florida, and Cave Hill Cem of Louisville, and one son, her youngest in Corona del Mar, California on Sunday 20 July, 2003. Memorialization is important and helps preserve the memory of a once vital person as your friend, relative, and knowing of that person during your lifetime. JOHN in CA (eldest Son) FREEDOM IS TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!