In Memory of

Ruth

Elaine

McClain

Obituary for Ruth Elaine McClain

Perry, GA – Ruth Elaine McClain, 89, passed away on Monday, November 26, 2018 at the Heart of Georgia Hospice Inpatient Unit in Perry, GA. Funeral services celebrating her life will be held on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Burpee-Scott Memorial Chapel & Crematory with a private burial in Parkway Memorial Gardens.
Ruth was born on October 19, 1929 in Palmersville, TN to the late Roy and Chriron (Williams) McClain. She was a 1947 graduate of the Palmersville High School and went on to graduate from Miller-Hawkins Business College, where she received an associate’s degree. She was a very hardworking and dedicated employee having worked at Dobbs House, Inc. for 11 years and Mutual Collection Company, Inc. for 52 years, where she served as secretary & treasurer until she assumed the role of executive bookkeeper. Ruth was a member of the Woodland Hills Church of Christ in Cordova, TN. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers and sister-in-law’s: Roy McClain (Mary Helen), Carter McClain (Kathryn), Marcus McClain and Fred Cooper McClain; sister: Hontas (McClain) Clouse and her niece, Becky (McClain) Von Werder.
Left to cherish her memory are 14 nieces and nephews: Leah Reeder, Nancy Stevenson, David McClain, Bobby McClain, Mike McClain, Phillip McClain, Kay Rigole, Jerry McClain, Benny McClain, Saundra Kay Caldwell, Bobby Richards, Patsy Hutto, Gene Clouse, Jr., Larry Clouse and a host of extended family and friends.
Please visit www.burpeescottmemorialchapel.com to sign the online guestbook, view the video tribute and to leave a memorial for the family. With honor, Burpee-Scott Memorial Chapel & Crematory has been entrusted with arrangements.