Obituary for
Ava Gay Dill
submitted by
Edgle Dyer
| Services for Ava
Gay Dill, 83, of Brownfield were held, Friday, Jan. 11, at Shady
Oaks Church of God with Rev. Bob Bohannon and Rev. Eugene Ballard
officiating. Burial was in Terry County Memorial
Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. Ava Gay died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at her home in Brownfield. She was born March 12, 1924, in Big Spring to Dallas and Eva Marie Ruark. She and her family moved to the Brownfield area in 1929 where they lived in the Foster Community. She attended Union schools. On Nov. 14, 1941, she married Rufus Woodie Dill, in Seminole. He preceded her in death, March 13, 2001. Ava Gay was involved in 4H as a leader and in the Texas Home Demonstration Club for many years. She was also an active member of Shady Oaks Church of God. She is preceded in death by a brother--Jack Ruark. She is survived by three sons--Lynn "Pink" Dill and his wife--Nedra of Denver City, Jackie and his wife--Earlene of Hobbs, N.M. and Rick and his wife--Kathy of San Angelo. Mrs. Dill is also survived by one brother--Dee Ruark of South Carolina; three sisters--Billie Joyce Peak of Slaton, Sue Fanning of Hereford and Patsy Pardo of Lubbock; and by 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Brownfield News |
