Sarah Ruggles Obituary

RUGGLES, Sarah ANDERSON, SC - Sarah McGill Ruggles, 92, formerly of Williamston Road and Anderson Place, Anderson, died Friday, October 31, 2008, at Autumn Care of Statesville, North Carolina. Born in Anderson, she was a graduate of Forrest Business College and the first war-time female book keeper with the Anderson firm of Elliott-Davis, then located in Greenville, SC. Sarah, alongside her late husband, Willard, served in communities throughout Kentucky, Georgia and North Carolina, but chiefly in locations across South Carolina. Her efforts assisted in not only educational pursuits, which was his occupation, but primarily focused in the many Baptist churches in those communities in which they resided. In the local area of Anderson County she served in Oakwood Baptist, Calvary Baptist in Belton, and Faith Baptist. She was a wife, homemaker and mother. Surviving are three children, Linda Ricketts of Cornelius, North Carolina, Carol Cox and husband Tom Cox of Moncks Corner, South Carolina and W.E. Ruggles Jr. of Lancaster, South Carolina; four grandchildren: Erika Acker and husband Brent Acker of Nashville, NC, Cristy Kilcoyne and husband John Kilcoyne of Summerville, SC, Tom Cox, Jr. and wife Billie Cox of Goose Creek, SC, and Kevin Cox and wife Sutton Cox of Summerville, SC and seven great-grandchildren. She was the widow of the late Willard E. Ruggles and the daughter of the late John A. McGill Sr. and Hattie McClure McGill. She was preceded in death by four brothers, George McGill, John A. McGill Jr., Lewis McGill, William McGill; and four sisters, Bessie Stetson, Myrtle Bolt, Susie Elgin and Helen Michales. The Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 3, 2008 in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home conducted by the Reverend Earl Green. A graveside committal will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00pm at the funeral home. A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com. THE McDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.