Ruth H. McLeod, 84, of Fitzgerald died Sunday, November 18, 2007, at Dorminy Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 20, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with Rev. Harris Johnson Officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Monday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. McLeod was born January 11, 1923 in Laurens County to the late Daniel Webster and Ethel Foster Hood. She was a homemaker and had lived most of her life in the community. She was a member of Prospect Baptist Church.
She is survived by one son: John Daniel McLeod, Jr. of Valdosta; caregiver: Ollie McLeod Brown of Fitzgerald; grandchildren: Shannon Meadows of Hinesville, John David & Vanessa McLeod of Macon, Susan McLeod, Dan McLeod, and Jeff McLeod, all of Valdosta; several great-grandchildren; and three sisters: Lucy Spicer of Jacksonville, FL, Janelle Funck of Tacoma, WA, and Wylene Bryant of Byron. She was preceded in death by her husband: John D. “Bud” McLeod; one son: Jack C. McLeod; three brothers; and one sister.