Mary Ruth Gear, 78, of Huttonsville, died at 4:50 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, in Davis Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Gear was born Nov. 27, 1923, in Elkins, a daughter of the late Hyder and Belva Godwin Phillips.
On July 5, 1942, she married James W. Gear, who survives in Huttonsville.
Also surviving are a daughter, Margaret Jean Steinruck, Springs Hill, Fla.; two sons, Charles Glenn Gear and wife, Christine, Elkins, and Philip Lane Gear and wife, Cynthia, Mill Creek; two sisters, Roxie Workman, Huber Heights, Ohio, and Maxine Phillips Gum, Bridgeport; a sister-in-law, Vicky Phillips, Clarksburg; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Clair, Hugh, Lane, Raymond and Hyder Glenn Phillips.
Mrs. Gear was a homemaker. She was a member of Valley Chapel United Methodist Church at Becky’s Creek. She was an active member of Becky’s Creek Womens’ Circle and a former member of Huttonsville/mill Creek Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.
Funeral Arrangements: Friends may call at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Wednesday, she will be moved to Valley Chapel United Methodist Church at Becky’s Creek, where friends may call from noon until 1 p.m., the funeral hour, with the Rev. Verl Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in Brick Church Cemetery near Huttonsville. Memorial contributions may be made to Valley Chapel United Methodist Church, in care of Faye Channell, Route 1, Box 42, Huttonsville, W.Va. 26273.
