Ruth DeMerse

Published 3:40 pm Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Ruth DeMerse

Oct. 27, 1942–Sept. 2, 2024

Ruth Ann (Adkins) DeMerse, 81, of Pedro, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky.

She was born in Frankfort on Oct. 27, 1942, to her late parents, Ova C. Adkins and Lella J. (Smith) Adkins, of Lawrence County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Frederick DeMerse, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

She worked for Wayne National Forest and was also a homemaker.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sisters; Virginia Nadine Smith, of Dublin, Georgia, and Beverly Blevins, of Wheelersburg, and her lifetime companion, Fred D. Ashworth, of Pedro.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Greg Lawson and Jill Combs; her grandchildren, Diana Wolf and Jennifer Wynn; her siblings, Nola Chamberlain, Ermal Adkins, Kathy Massie, Arnold Adkins and Kevin Adkins; and her best friend, Gail DeMerse.

Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Phillips Funeral Home, 1004 S. Seventh St., Ironton, with Brother Joe Phipps officiating. Burial will follow in Collins Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until the time of service.

Please visit www.phillipsfuneralhome.net to offer condolences to the family.