This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rickaway, Hollar, Pratt, Diffey, Patterson, Ledet, Murphy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3766 Message Board Post: Elmer Ruth Hollar Rickaway ELMER RUTH HOLLAR RICKAWAY died May 10, 2006, in Houston, Texas. Ruth was born July 9, 1923 in Howard County, Texas. She was raised in Gail (Borden County) by her parents Elmer and Tama Pratt Hollar. Ruth is preceded in death by her parents, her husband James Durwood Rickaway, daughter Tommie Ruth Diffey, her brother Frank Hollar and her sister Ruby Lois Patterson. She is survived by her children: daughter and son-in-law Dianne and Dale Ledet and son and daughter-in-law Darryl and Laurie Rickaway. Mimi is survived by her grandchildren, Lauren, Michael & Matthew Ledet and Laura & James Rickaway and one great-grandchild, Taylor Ann. Her brother Don F. Hollar & wife Penny, sister Louise Murphy & husband Sam and sister-in-law Marie Hollar also survive her. Visitation will be Sunday, May 14 at Cypress-Fairbanks Funeral Home from 4-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 15 at Second Baptist Church in the Sanctuary at 6400 Woodway Drive and will be officiated by Pastor Jerry Towne of Second Baptist Church and Rev. Bobby Smith of First Baptist Church in Nacogdoches. A Graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. at Hawley Cemetery, Blessing, [Matagorda County], Texas. Cypress-Fairbanks Funeral Home. Abstracted from an obit published in the Houston Chronicle from 5/12/2006 - 5/13/2006.