February 25, 82,
Ruth Anne Sullivan Smith, 82 passed away Saturday morning at Woodard Care in Goldsboro.
Ruth was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on February 1, 1935 to the late Alvada Sullivan and Doris Bird McCormick. She was married to the late Robert Smith. Ruth was retired as the base commander secretary for Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday February 28, 2017 from 1: 30 PM until 2:30 PM at Seymour Funeral Home followed by a graveside service at 3:00 PM at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Bill Rose will officiate.
Ruth is survived by her daughters, Wendy Strickland and husband Donald of Seven Springs and Cindy Ferguson and husband Ken of New Bern; sons, Kenny Pittman and wife Denise of Lakeside California, and Bill Pittman and wife Chris of Indialantic Florida; sister Connie McCormick of Florida; brothers, William Sullivan of Goldsboro, and David McCormick and James McCormick both of Massachusetts; eleven grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.