Ruth Derryberry Yeager

Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Derryberry Yeager, 80, died Friday, March 16, 2007 at her residence on Sharon Circle. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. David McGregor and Rev. Terry Perry officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. Memorials may be made to Gideon's International, P.O. Box 663, Columbia 38402 or Hospice of the Highland Rim, 1412 Trotwood Avenue, Suite 5, Columbia 38401. The Maury County native was the daughter of the late Gideon Blackburn Derryberry and Nannie Fox Derryberry. She was a 1944 graduate of Columbia Central High School and a graduate of Columbia Business College. For 17 years, she was computer operator for E. I. DuPont Company and also was co-owner and bookkeeper of Yeager Automotive. Mrs. Yeager was a member of West Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church and very active in the work of Cumberland Presbyterian Women. She was also a member of the Gideon's Auxiliary and loved needlework and crochet. Survivors include her husband of 37 years, Clyde E. Yeager of Columbia; a son, Robert Allan (Janie) Yeager of Franklin; five daughters, Faye (Henry) Miller of Hampshire, Beverly (Houston) Jones, Melissa (William "Butch") Ellis, Malinda (Alvin) Luna, all of Columbia, and Mary Anne Balcer of Flint, Michigan; 17 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; 18 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by 6 sisters, Mary Derryberry, Cornelia Griffies, Frances Priest, Evelyn McMillion, Alma Worthington, and Sarah Fitzgerald; 3 brothers, G. B. Derryberry, Charles Derryberry, and William Derryberry. Grandsons and grandsons-in-law will serve as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers include members of Gideon's International and Adult Sunday School Class at West Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church.