Ruth Alice Myers, 87, Kansas City, Missouri, passed away December 30, 2022, at McCrite Plaza where she resided for the last 2.5 years.
Ruth was born outside Gadsden, Alabama on February 19, 1935, to Benjamin Houston Wood and Clara (Battles) Wood. She was the third of four children. After graduating from Emma Samson High School, Gadsden, AL, she moved to Kansas City to attend Weaver Airline Personnel School at 2020 Grand. During that time, she worked at Sears Retail Store on Cleveland Avenue. After Airline School, she began working at TWA in the late 50s where she met her future husband, Harold Paul Myers.
They married in Miami, Oklahoma July 9, 1965, and moved to a 70-acre farm in Smithville, Missouri. She stayed home to raise her two children, Benton and Cynthia Myers, then began working at the Smithville Post Office as a Rural Letter Carrier on Dec 13, 1980. She retired from the Post Office in December of 2001.
She enjoyed gardening and bird watching and was a member of the Smithville Garden Club and Audubon Society. She also enjoyed traveling abroad with her husband and children. She is preceded in death by her brother, Jimmy Wood and sister, Mamie Grubb. She is survived by her brother Ronnie Wood and children, Benton Ashford and Cynthia Dale Myers.
Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Friday, January 6 at Rollins Funeral Home. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to Alzheimer's Association, act.alz.org, or 225 N. Michigan Ave, Fl 17, Chicago, IL,60601. Arrangements By: Rollins Funeral Home — Platte City, MO — Ph. 816.858.2129. www.rollinsfuneralhome.net
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