ROCK SPRING – Ruby Evelyn McClure Ware, 87, of the Noble, Ga., and Rock Spring communities, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003.

She was a native and lifelong resident of Walker County and attended Gospel Tabernacle Assembly of God. She was retired from TVA-Travel Unit after 24 years of service and was a member of the TVA Retiree Association. She attended Gordon Lee School and graduated from Edmondson School of Business.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie Lester McClure Sr. and Lucy Mullens McClure; sisters, Dorothy McCoy, Helen Blevins; and brother, Willie Lester “W.L.” McClure Jr.

Survivors include her daughter, Jeannine O’Neal of LaFayette, Ga.; son and daughter-in-law, Benny and Louise Ware of Chickamauga, Ga.; grandchildren, Allen and Donna O’Neal of Ringgold, Ga., Pat and Sue O’Neal of LaFayette; great-grandchildren, Chandise Martin, Jeremy, Erin, Chase and Donovan O’Neal; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, in the J. Avery Bryan Chapel with the Rev. Henry Hampton and the Rev. Wayne Wallin officiating.

Interment will follow in Crestlawn Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4-9 p.m. today and Sunday morning at the funeral home.

Arrangements by Wilson Funeral Home, J. Avery Bryan Chapel, Chickamauga, Ga.

Source:  Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN) – Saturday, February 22, 2003