Ruth Medlin, daughter of the late Ralph Fralick and Ella Gray Thomas Fralick, was born on January 23, 1936, in Clarkton, Missouri, and departed this life on May 20, 2024, at her residence in Pennsauken, New Jersey, at the age of 88 years.

Mrs. Medlin had worked in retail sales for Sears in Flint, Michigan and she was a seamstress. She was a member of New Life Christian Fellowship in Grand Blanc, Michigan. She loved playing the piano and organ and enjoyed going to nursing homes to play for the residents.

On March 1, 1952, in Essex, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Dawsey Medlin Sr. Mr. Medlin preceded her in death on October 8, 1982.

She is survived by her son, Dawsey Medlin Jr. and wife Tonya of Pennsauken, New Jersey; by her son-in-law, Harold Locke of Flint, Michigan; by her sister, Lois Hicks of Bernie, Missouri; by three grandchildren, Christopher Locke of Flint, Michigan, Kayla Locke Parsell and husband Aaron of Swartz Creek, Michigan, and Kelly Medlin Hoos and husband Jeffrey of Manassas, Virginia; and by three great-grandchildren, Myles Parsell, Molly Parsell, and Dawsey Hoos.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Darlene Locke; by three brothers, Thomas Fralick, Frank Fralick, and Hershel Fralick; by three sisters, Ruby Stanfield, Flora Bell Blocker, and Mildred Fralick, and by one sister in infancy.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie is assisting with arrangements.