RUBY YOUNT

ALLEN-Services for Ruby May Kidwell Yount, 100, Allen, are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Allen, Rev. Chad Kaminski will officiate. Burial will follow at the Allen cemetery. Family and friends may call at the Allen Chapel from 3:00 p.m Sunday until service time.

Mrs. Yount died Friday, December 4, 2009 at an Allen nursing home. She was born October 28, 1909 at Allen, Oklahoma to Thomas Kanan and Mary Claudia Phillips Kidwell. She lived in the Allen area all her life and graduated from Allen High School.

She was preceded in death by husbands, C. M. Yount and Bill Daugherty. Mrs. Yount was employed with P.S.O. and the telephone company and later worked for A. K. Kimbrough Insurance and Tag Agency in Allen for over 25 years. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Allen and member of the Order of Eastern Star.

Survivors include three granddaughters, Sheila Matthews and husband Gary, Francis, Debbie Cundiff and husband Kenny, Allen, and Paula Colbert and husband Larry, Allen; great grandchildren, Sheryl Goodson and husband Jack, John Cundiff and wife Lisa, Jodi Watkins and husband Jason, Kanan Matthews and wife Tasha, Adam Colbert, Justin Colbert and wife Randi, Chad Colbert, Chad Goodson and wife Keisha and Cole Goodson; great great grandchildren, Kinlee Cundiff, Jaycee Watkins, Kamlyn Cundiff, Lilly Matthews, Bodrey Goodson, Brogan and Chole Goodson, Gus Matthews, Jake Matthews, and Jax Watkins; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by a son, Charles Buddy Yount, and brothers and sisters, Arthur Kidwell, Bea Cook, Clara Saffarans, Austin Kidwell, Axie Call, George Kidwell, and Gladstone Kidwell.

Bearers will be John Cundiff, Kanan Matthews, Adam Colbert, Justin Colbert, Chad Colbert, Chad Goodson and Cole Goodson. Honorary bearers will be Jearl Knighten, H. C. Spain, Kerry Caldwell, Edd Wendle, Joe Shires, Bill Griffin, Benny Prentice, Donny Johnson and Wayne Bullard.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada