Ruth J. Meredith
Published 12:00 am Friday, February 8, 2002
Ruth Johnson Meredith, 92, of Bowling Green died at 1:50 p.m. Feb. 7, 2002, at Nortons Hospital Southwest in Louisville.The Monroe County native was a retired teacher for the Bowling Green City School System, taught at McNeil Elementary School, was a recipient of the Elementary Life Certificate, a graduate of Western Kentucky University, an accomplished weaver, a licensed practical nurse for the Red Cross and a member of First Baptist Church of Bowling Green. She was a daughter of the late Yancy Lycurgis and Lou Titia Patterson Lycurgis.Funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Johnson-Vaughn-Phelps Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to American Cancer Society, Greenwood Courtyard, 2425 Scottsville Road, Suite 123, Bowling Green, Ky. 42104-4457.Survivors include her husband, Herschel A. Meredith Sr.; a son, Herschel Herky Meredith Jr. of Louisville; a daughter, Carol Meredith McElheney of Louisville; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.