Mellie Ruth Cagle

Funeral services will be held Friday June 7, 2013 at 3:00 pm in Wards Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Mellie Ruth Cagle, 94, of Demorest formerly of Lula and Athens, Ga. Rev. Tom Plank will Officiate and burial to follow at White Hall Baptist Church Cemetery.



The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 1:00 pm till the funeral hour .



Mrs Cagle was born in Lula Georgia September 9, 1918 and was the daughter of Rufus Alonzo Cagle and Ellen Rosalee Free Cagle . She was a beloved mother to five daughters. Mrs Cagle shared her love and gift of music as a pianist at White Hall Baptist Church where she was a member much of her life. She enjoyed composing songs and performing in quartets . She had lived a number of years in Athens, Ga. And the past 2 years in Habersham Home West in Demorest , Ga. She was a member of Green Acres Baptist Church in Athens . She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years Ralph Harvey Cagle , a daughter Shirley Ruth Burke and a grandchild Michelle Graham.



Survivors are daughters & sons-in-law, Gwen and Vernon Jackson of Athens, Ga. , Pam & Jerry Graham of Galveston, Tx. Brenda and Ted Segars of Athens, Ga. , daughter Wanda Allen of Ellijay, Ga.



7 grandchildren , 7 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren . Wards Funeral Home 758 Main Street Gainesville is in charge of arrangements . Online condolences to wardsfh.com