Ruth Elizabeth Bason

HIXSON, Tn. - Ruth Bason, 93, went to meet Jesus in the morning on January 25, 2016, in Hixson, Tennessee.She was the daughter of Ada Eunice Simmons Rice and John Thomas Rice. Ruth graduated in 1939 from Pleasant Grove High School. She worked at Randleman Hosiery and owned her own daycare. Ruth was born in Caswell County, N.C. She attended Haw River United Church of Christ and was a member of Hixson First Baptist Church of Hixson (Chattanooga, TN). Ruth was known for her smile and will be missed by all.Ruth will meet her husband Henry Karl Bason and brothers and sisters: Thomas Isaac Rice, Alvis David Rice, Dewey Hester Rice, Margaret Olive Rice Aldridge, and Emily Jane Rice in heaven.Ruth has one surviving sister Bertha Rice Webster, three sons: Joseph Anderson Terrell (Joy), of Arizona, James Edward Terrell (Susan) of North Carolina, and Harold Mark Terrell (Theresa) of Tennessee, four grandchildren: John Joseph Terrell and Jennifer Gail Terrell (Joe) and Darren Anderson Terrell and Nathan Mark Terrell (Mark) and three great-grandchildren: Ashley Joy Knox, Robert George Knox, and Brooke Judith Knox (Jennifer). Ruth's grandchildren and great grandchildren live in Arizona and Tennessee.The family will receive friends on Saturday January 30, 2016, from noon to 2 p.m. at McClure Funeral and Cremation Service in Graham. The funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. in the McClure Funeral Chapel officiated by the Revs. James L. Rosser and Myron Wilkins.