Ruth Melba White, 97, of Haleyville, passed away Monday, March 16, 2026, at Lakeland Community Hospital.
Ruth was born March 22, 1928 to John W. and Alice Armstrong in Carrollton, Georgia. She was a devout member of Living Water Assembly of God. She loved to crochet and was an amazingly gifted seamstress. Ruth spent her life as a devoted and faithful wife to an evangelist.
Visitation will be Wednesday March 18, 2026 from 10-11 a.m. at Nichols Funeral Home in Haleyville, where her funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Winston Memorial Cemetery in Haleyville. Brother Joe Fowler and Alvis Treece will officiate.
Ruth is survived by her many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father, John W. Armstrong; mother, Alice Beam Armstrong; siblings, Buna, Ethel, Evore, Glover and Howell; two infant sons and twin girls, Monteain and Carmel.
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