Daily Independent
1/12/02
Ruth Faust
Ruth Herrell Webb Faust, 89, of Georgetown, Ky., a Fayette, Bell, Carter and Rowan counties school teacher and widow of
John W. Faust and Herbert J. Webb, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2002, in Hospice Care Center in Lexington, Ky.
A native of Bell County, Ky., she was a daughter of the late James Arch and Lenore Cora McCrary Herrell.
She was a 1936 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and received her master's degree from Morehead University.
She was a member of Rosemont Baptist Church in Lexington and attended Georgetown Baptist Church.
She was also a member of the Fidelis Sunday School class, the Scott County Retired Teachers Association,
and the American Legion Scott Post No. 24 Ladies Auxiliary and was a former member of Bluegrass Antique Auto Club.
Survivors include three daughters, Eleanor (Patrick) McCallum of Tampa, Fla., Laura (William P.) Stone Jr. of Louisville, Ky.,
and Virginia (Larry) Thompson of Nashville, Tenn.; a stepson, Willis Gayle Faust of Lexington; four grandsons,
Dr. Patrick Sean McCallum of Seneca, S.C., Steven A. Stone of Lexington, Philip J. Stone of Laguna Niguel, Calif.,
and Josh Thompson of Leesburg, Va.; two stepgrandchildren, Stacey Jo and John Wickliffe Faust, both of Lexington;
seven great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Madeline, Logan and Delaney McCallum, and Max, Miranda and Xavier Stone;
a sister, Grace Redmon of Middlesboro; and a brother, Jimmy Herrell of London. A son, Warren Lee Webb, preceded his mother in death.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Johnson's Funeral Home in Georgetown, Ky., by the Rev. Kenneth D. Holden.
Committal services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Garvin Ridge Cemetery in Olive Hill, Ky. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy can be made to Georgetown Baptist Church or the Eastern Kentucky University Library Fund, 521 Lancaster Ave.,
Richmond, Ky. 40475-3102. .
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