Ruth G. Irvin

Mrs. Ruth Goodman Irvin, 71, of Daugherty Road, China Grove, died Saturday, July 3, 2010 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The Rev. William Ketchie will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home. Born June 3, 1939 in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas Goodman and Ida Roseman Goodman. She retired from the sewing room of Cannon Mills, Plant No. 1 in Kannapolis, where she was employed for 35 years. She was a lifetime member of St Paul's Lutheran Church, where she was active in numerous committees. She was a volunteer in the George Batte Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast for many years. She also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. She was preceded in death by her husband, William H. Irvin, Sr. Survivors include two daughters, Debi Hinson and husband Dan of Atlanta, GA, Janet Alexander and husband Dave of Concord; three sons, Bill Irvin, Jr. and wife Donna of China Grove, Mike Irvin and wife Susan of Kannapolis, Jim Irvin of China Grove; three sisters, Delma Smith, Carrie Revis and Hazel Corriher, all of China Grove; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and 16 nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or CMC NorthEast, George Batte Cancer Center, 920 Church Street North, Concord, NC 28025.