Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Ruel R. Rothwell

(Posted 31 Jan 2006)
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Services for Ruel R. Rothwell, 90, of Mount Pleasant, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2006, at Bates--Cooper--Sloan Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Pleasant, with Minister Mike Lindstrom officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Mount Pleasant. Mr. Rothwell passed away January 23, 2006, in Mount Pleasant. He was born September 18, 1915, in Hope, Ark., to William and Annie Hamilton Rothwell. He served in the United States Army and was a mechanical foreman. He worked for Exxon Company. Mr. Rothwell was a Methodist, past president of the Masonic Lodge in Hawkins, and member of the Avion Club. He was preceded in death by his mother, Annie Hamilton Rothwell; father, William Rothwell; grandson, Sean Scroggins; granddaughter, Paula Franks; great-granddaughter, Cassie McCuller; five sisters; and two brothers. Survivors include his wife, Pearl Vera Carpenter Rothwell of Mount Pleasant; son and friend, Ruel Richard Rothwell Jr. and Veronica Smithers of Houston; daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Tommy Franks of Sugarhill, Jerry Ann and James Via of Talco and Charlotte Scroggins of Sugarland; grandchildren, Judy McCuller, Ricky Franks, Guy Franks, Jimmy Via, Jackie Moore, Nick Scroggins, Mark Rothwell, and Scott Rothwell; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great- great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ricky Franks, Guy Franks, Jimmy Via, Mark Rothwell, Bradley Moore, Kelly McCuller, Nick Scroggins, and Scott Rothwell. The family will receive friends 1-2 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2006, at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/25/2006.

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