Ruth Loftis

Funeral services for Mrs. Ila Ruth Terry Loftis, age 94 of Crossville and formerly of Cookeville, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 21 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Rev. Hillier Duke will officiate. Interment will follow in the Cookeville City Cemetery. Mrs. Loftis' family will receive friends Friday from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Loftis died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Life Care Center of Crossville. She was born September 18, 1919 in White Co., TN to the late Zack and Pearl Stamps Lee. She was a nurse and worked at both the Eastern State Hospital in Knoxville, and Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville. She retired from Eastern State Hospital. She was a longtime member of the Homestead United Methodist Church and later attended First Christian Church in Cookeville. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two husbands; Fred E. Terry, Sr. and Claude Loftis; a son, Fred L. Terry, Jr., and by sisters, Verta Lee England and Venola Lee Sliger. She is survived by two sons, Bob (Janie) Terry and Wayne (Shirley) Terry all of Crossville; grandchildren, Bobby Terry Jr. (Hope) of Vero Beach Florida, Kristen Terry of Laurel, Maryland and Kevin Terry of Vero Beach, Florida; and by great-grandchildren, Maliea, Mokoa and Myles Terry; step grandchildren, Charles "Chuck" (Lynette) Davis and Kelly (Ricky) Cox, Troy ( Jenny) Redwine ; all of Crossville and by step great-grandchildren, Karis, Kaitlyn, Kelsey and Logan Davis; Ronnie and Rylie Cox and Megan and Kolby Redwine . Pallbearers will be family and friends.