Ruby Wyatt

	Ruby Wyatt, 75, of Elkville, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2001 at 9:31 a.m. at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
	Mrs. Wyatt was a member of American Legion Post 127 Ladies Auxiliary and VFW Post 7190 Ladies Auxiliary.  She was of the Baptist faith.  She was a homemaker and had worked as a welder during World War II.
	She was born March 7, 1925 in Murphysboro, the daughter of William and Clara Hagler.  She married Ralph Wyatt on April 3, 1946 at Murphysboro and he preceded her in death on March 22, 1998.
	Surviving are two sons, Ross E. Wyatt and wife Linda of Dowell and Bill Wyatt and wife Becky of Murphysboro; three daughters, Rose Barnett and husband Bob of Elkville, Beverly Thompson of Carbondale and Lawana Barnett and husband John D. Barnett of Vergennes; 19 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and one sister, Ruth Ella Thomas of Seattle Washington.
	She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers.
	Funeral services were at Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro on Friday, February 9 at 1 p.m. with Rev. James Easton officiating.  Interment was in Tower Grove Cemetery at Murphysboro.
	Friends called from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday until the hour of service at the funeral home.
