Julia Ruth Griffith, 71, of Chattanooga, died on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
She was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church and was a longtime employee of Gordon's Cleaners as a manager.
She was preceded in death by her father, Earl Baltimore.
She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Hugh Griffith, of Chattanooga; two sons, David Griffith, of Chattanooga, Dewayne (Cindy)
Griffith, of Powder Springs, Ga.; daughter, Kris (Patrick) Jacobs, of Harrison; mother, Betty Baltimore, of Chattanooga; two brothers, Wendell
(Louise) Baltimore, and Raymond (Edith) Baltimore, of Ooltewah; four
grandchildren, Stephen (Jennifer) Sherrod, A.J. Griffith, Chelcie Griffith, and PaTrisha Jacobs; one great-grandchild, Jacob Sherrod; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 21, at 2 p.m. in the Hwy 58 Chapel of Turner Funeral Home with the Reverend Ken Clark officiating. Interment will follow in the Simpson/McBrian Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, October 20, from 4-8 p.m. and on Friday up to the hour of service at the service at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Turner Funeral Home, Inc., Highway 58 Chapel, 622-3171.