Ruth Thomas Crow, daughter of the late Martin Hoppe and Susie Haynes Hoppe was born on September 27, 1914 at Poplar Bluff and departed this life in the Crowley Ridge Care Center at Dexter on September 14, 2011 at the age of 96.

Mrs. Crow was a member of Hopewell General Baptist Church near Essex, a former member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff for 54 years, the former owner of Burge Cleaners in Poplar Bluff, the past-president of Senior Citizens Club #1, the former pianist of Northside Nutrition Center in Poplar Bluff, a member of the Dexter O.A.K.S. Senior Choir and a resident of Dexter.

Her passion was playing the piano and singing with Senior Choirs. She loved spending time with her family and making new friends.

She was united in marriage to Robert C. Crow on February 14, 2007 near Essex. Mr. Crow survives of the home.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence and Chris Garrett of Blackstone, Virginia: by one daughter, Gloria Hampton of Dexter: by by four step-sons, Jimmie Burge, Phillip Crow, Terry Crow and Robert Crow Jr. all of Dexter: by one step-daughter, Donna Roberts of Bloomfield: by four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Chester A. Garrett and Doyle L. Garrett: by one granddaughter, Shannon M. Brigance: by one brother, Loyd Hoppe.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 10 a.m.. until 12 noon, Saturday, September 17, 2011. Funeral services will then be conducted at 12 noon in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Lonny Mittag officiating. Interment will follow in the Black Creek Cemetery in Poplar Bluff, Misssouri.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 9374 Olive Blvd, Suite 101, St, Louis, Mo. 63132-3253 or to the Dexter O.A.K.S., 23 West Stoddard Street, Dexter, MO. 63841.