Mrs Jessie Ruth McConnell

Ruth Lane McConnell, age 88, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky passed away Friday, February 15, 2019 at Atria Assisted Living in Elizabethtown of natural causes. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. David Gardner officiating, with burial in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home.

Mrs. McConnell was born in Sturgis, KY on March 23, 1930; the daughter of the late Clifton and Ursula Eddings Lane. She was a Kindergarten and daycare teacher at First Baptist Church. Ruth was a member of First Baptist Church. She was a member of Women’s Missionary Union and Daughters of the American Revolution. Ruth served as a tutor at First Baptist Church and a pink lady at Jennie Stuart Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Ralph McConnell; a brother, BK Lane and her sisters, Mary Lou Blaine and Dottie Lane.

Survivors include her son, Dr. Tandy (Beth) McConnell, Columbia, SC; daughters, Ruth Anne McConnell, Elizabethtown, KY and Becky (Joseph) Waggoner, Mayfield, KY; four grandchildren, Katie (Grant) Samples, Emily (Trey) Whitnell, Bethany Waggoner and Claire McConnell; and one great-grandson, Mason Samples.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in her memory to the church of your choice.

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