Ruth Jones Overby

Mrs. Ruth Jones Overby, age 66, of Gainesville, GA, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.

Ruth was born in Westminster, SC June 13, 1949. She had lived in Gainesville since 1997 and was a former resident of Dahlonega, GA. She was retired from the Hall County School System and was a member of Murrayville Congregational Holiness Church in Hall County.

She was the daughter of the late Hammond Jesse Jones and Ida Armour Jones and was also preceded in death by her husband, Lamar Overby; infant sister, Jenell Jones; sister, Sherry Sanders; brothers, Ray, Randall, Dempy, and Jerry Jones.

Ruth is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Eugene and Lisa O’Kelley, Louisville, KY, Charles and Teresa Blount, Sandersville, GA, Bradley Blount, Gainesville, GA, Bruce and Amanda Blount, Cleveland, GA; sisters and brothers-in-law, Katie Parsons, Cleveland, GA, Mary and A.D. Shirley, Dahlonega, GA, Debbie and Benjamin Duran; brothers and sister-in-law, Bobby Jones, Billy and Wanda Jones, all of Tennessee; granddaughters, Trudi Daniel, Gabrielle Blount, Jessica Blount, Kayla Blount, Heather O’Kelley, Dakoda Blount, Eva Blount, and Dristan Roberts; grandsons, Brandon O’Kelley, Owen Blount, Wade Blount, and Thomas Blount. Numerous other relatives also survive.

Funeral services for Ruth are scheduled for 2 PM Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at the Banister Funeral Home Chapel in Dahlonega, GA.

Rev. Mike Gaines will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Living Mission United Methodist Church Cemetery in Hall County.

The family will receive friends at Banister Funeral Home in Dahlonega, GA on Monday, October 12, 2015 from 3 PM until 9 PM and again on Tuesday until time of service.

Online condolences may be made at www.banisterfuneralhome.net.

Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega, GA is in charge of the arrangements.

Ruth was born in Westminster, SC June 13, 1949. She had lived in Gainesville since 1997 and was a former resident of Dahlonega, GA. She was retired from the Hall County School System and was a member of Murrayville Congregational Holiness Church in Hall County.

She was the daughter of the late Hammond Jesse Jones and Ida Armour Jones and was also preceded in death by her husband, Lamar Overby; infant sister, Jenell Jones; sister, Sherry Sanders; brothers, Ray, Randall, Dempy, and Jerry Jones.

Ruth is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Eugene and Lisa O’Kelley, Louisville, KY, Charles and Teresa Blount, Sandersville, GA, Bradley Blount, Gainesville, GA, Bruce and Amanda Blount, Cleveland, GA; sisters and brothers-in-law, Katie Parsons, Cleveland, GA, Mary and A.D. Shirley, Dahlonega, GA, Debbie and Benjamin Duran; brothers and sister-in-law, Bobby Jones, Billy and Wanda Jones, all of Tennessee; granddaughters, Trudi Daniel, Gabrielle Blount, Jessica Blount, Kayla Blount, Heather O’Kelley, Dakoda Blount, Eva Blount, and Dristan Roberts; grandsons, Brandon O’Kelley, Owen Blount, Wade Blount, and Thomas Blount. Numerous other relatives also survive.

Funeral services for Ruth are scheduled for 2 PM Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at the Banister Funeral Home Chapel in Dahlonega, GA.

Rev. Mike Gaines will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Living Mission United Methodist Church Cemetery in Hall County.

The family will receive friends at Banister Funeral Home in Dahlonega, GA on Monday, October 12, 2015 from 3 PM until 9 PM and again on Tuesday until time of service.

Online condolences may be made at www.banisterfuneralhome.net.

Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega, GA is in charge of the arrangements.