Ruth Evelyn (Yoder) Courtney, 93 of Holden Missouri, went to be with our Lord and Savior on April 16, 2019 surrounded by her loving family

She was born on November 10, 1925 at home in rural Holden to Clarence Edwin Yoder and Eva Elizabeth (Parrott) Yoder. Ruth attended King elementary school and graduated from Holden high school in 1944. On November 17, 1946 she married Earl Leroy Courtney in Magnolia. Ruth was a member of the Holden United Methodist church where she spent many hours working in the kitchen and quilting and she previously played piano for many years at the Magnolia Methodist church. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a 4H leader. She loved making dolls and quilts, hunting morel mushrooms, meeting with friends of the Sunny Hour club and caring for her family and many others. She enjoyed a huge garden and growing prize tomatoes and hatching and raising chickens.

Ruth is survived by her daughter Marie Courtney, Clinton Missouri, daughter Carol Davis and husband Ralph, Holden Missouri, son Edwin Courtney and wife Linda, Holden, son David Courtney and wife Ruby, Gladstone Missouri, son James Courtney and wife Tami, Holden, daughter Janet Sechrest, Kingsville Missouri, daughter Leigh Peacock and husband Brian, Holden, twin brother John Yoder and wife Frances, Holden, sister Lois Boyd and husband John, Marshall Missouri, sixteen grandchildren, twenty nine great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, husband Earl, son in law Danny Sechrest, and brothers Ernest, Richard and Donald.

Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 20 ^th at Holden United Methodist Church with Pastor Rob Allen officiating. Interment will follow at Pisgah Cemetery, North of Chilhowee.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at Williams Funeral Chapel in Holden.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons: Doug Davis, Joey Courtney, Mike Best, Norman Courtney, Kevin Davis, Phil Courtney, Scott Courtney and Luke Sechrest.

Honorary Pallbearers will be her granddaughters: April Miller, Gwendolyn DeSilva, Julie Courtney, Tammi Whitcomb, Brooke Poe, Abigail Sechrest, Katie Morris and Carolyn Hull.

Memorial Contributions are suggested to Pisgah Cemetery Association or Holden United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.

Online condolences may be left at www.williamsfuneralchapel.net