Ruth Ella Bumpus, 84, Clarksville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at Gateway Medical Center. The funeral will be held at 12 noon Friday at Pleasant View Baptist Church with Rev. Randy Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 PM Thursday at the funeral home and from 11 AM until the hour of the service Friday at the church. Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born April 8, 1924 in Stewart County, TN daughter of the late Talmadge Westerman and Katie Settles Westerman. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jewell Bumpus, a son, Stephen Wayne Bumpus, a brother, William Westerman, and a sister, Carrie Joy Coke. She was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church. Ms. Bumpus retired from Acme Boot Co. where she worked in the Fancy Stitch Department. She is survived by a son, William Jewell Bumpus (Sue),Clarksville; three daughters, Martha Sue Murphy (Bobby), Robbie Jean Walp (Robert), both of Clarksville; and Linda Ruth Honaker, Virginia; a brother, Charles Westerman, Dover,TN; seventeen grandchildren and twenty nine great-grandchildren. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Sally Potter's Sunday School Class. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to athe Alzheimer's Association, 4004 Hillsboro Pike, SAuite 219B, Nashville, TN 37215. Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences can be made at www.neal-tarpley.com