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Ruth Starr

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Ruth Starr

Tue, 05/29/2018 - 7:42 am

Ruth Starr, 94, of Breckenridge, passed away Friday, May 25, 2018. Graveside funeral services were 2 p.m., Sunday, May 27 in the Breckenridge Cemetery with Mark Wilcox officiating. Interment followed under the direction of Morehart Mortuary. Visitation was 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 26 at Morehart Mortuary.

Nelda Ruth Pemberton was born Dec. 26, 1923 in Duncan, Okla., to Lonnie Pemberton and Katherine McDonald Pemberton. She married Elmer Paul Bedore in 1943. He preceded her in death in 1961 and she later married Lee Starr on May 22, 1968 in Weatherford. She was a member of the Church of Breckenridge. 

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Lonnie and Katherine Pemberton; two husbands, Elmer Paul Bedore and Lee Starr; two sisters, Loyce McDavis, Billie Tienary; and two brothers, Jack Pemberton and Donald Pemberton.

She is survived by her children, Lonnie Leo Bedore and wife Tina of Peckham, Okla., Kenneth Paul Bedore and wife Sue of Tennessee, Alice Jean Wilkins of Azle, Daniel Ray Bedore and wife Bonnie of Fort Worth, June Marie Wood, John Wood, both of Breckenridge, Fedon Starr and wife Jeanette of Arizona; one sister, Peggy Ann Lawson of Newkirk, Okla.; 10 grandchildren, Crystal Herring of Breckenridge, Stacy Lovell of Austin, Mick Lovell and wife Melissa of Woodland Park, Colo., Misty Brown and husband Stephen of Conroe; Denise Bedore of Saginaw, Heather Wilkins and Brandi Mayers of Weatherford, Howard Wilkins and wife Cindy of Fort Worth, Johnny Bedore and wife Linda of Burleson, Donnie Bedore and wife Celena of Burleson, Spenser Bedore and wife Angela of Newkirk, Okla.; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels or to the Breckenridge Senior Citizens Center and may be left at Morehart Mortuary.  Condolences may be made online at www.morehartmortuary.net.