Mary Ruth Fitts GRIFFITH

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mary Ruth Fitts Griffith, age 78, was born May 17, 1928 and died October 4, 2006 at Raintree Manor Nursing Home following a short illness.  A homemaker and a member of the McMinnville Primitive Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Walker and Ethel Rosetta Hendrixon Fitts.  She was married April 7, 1951 to William M. "Bill" Griffith who preceded her in death in 1993.  She is survived by one sister, Lou-Verne Dobbs of Marietta, GA;  brother, Jesse N. Fitts of McMinnville;  several nieces and nephews;  three sisters-in-law, friends, neighbors and very special friends, Etta Roberts and Imogene Weems.  Funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 7, 2006 in High's Chapel with Jerry Hennessee officiating.  Burial followed in the Centertown Cemetery.