Ruth Beasley

Ruth Ellen Beasley, age 84, of Old Thomasville Road, Winston Salem, died Friday, December 17, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Canaan United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Chuck Ireson officiating . Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church and other times at the home of her son on Old Thomasville Road. Mrs. Beasley was born May 10, 1926 in Alamance County to Marshall Moody Ellington and Nina McPeak Ellington. She was a member of the "Rosie the Riveter" women’s work force in the Norfolk Virginia Naval ship yard during World War II and retired from Western Electric. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 57 years, James Walter Beasley, Jr. who died July 7, 2010 and three sisters; Doris Cook, Betty Ann Boyles and Katherine Cook. Surviving are a son, James W. Beasley III and wife, Leslie, of Midway; one daughter, Rebecca Justice and husband, Danny, of Lexington; two brothers, Marshall “Bud” Ellington and wife, Nancy, of Virginia and William “Bill” Ellington, and wife, Virginia, “Jennie” of Winston Salem; four grandchildren, Jamie Beasley, Jay Beasley, Debra Carlton and Danny Ryan Justice; six great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Hospice of Forsyth County, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston Salem NC 27103. Davidson Funeral Home-Hickory Tree Chapel is in charge of arrangements.