Mrs. Ruth Jones Briggs

[Funeral Director]

Mrs. Ruth Jones Briggs age 83 of Dallas, Georgia passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at Marietta Health and Rehab Center.

 

 

 

Mrs. Ruth Briggs was born on August 29, 1928 in Enfield, NC to loving parents the late Mr. Willie P. Jones and Mrs. Beatrice Silver Jones. She is also preceded in death by two brothers Mr. Willie Jones and Mr. Theodore Jones.

 

 

 

Mrs. Briggs worked as a preschool teacher for Headstart in Boston for 21 years. She was also employed as a social worker and enjoyed working in the community. She enjoyed cooking and travel. She had a great love for her friends and family. Her favorite music was classical and she loved the arts and theatre. She was a very cultured lady and a wonderful conversationalist. She was a member of 12^th Baptist Church in Roxbury, MA.

 

 

 

Mrs. Ruth Briggs is survived by four daughters Mr. & Mrs. Alton (Cassandra) Richardson of Dallas, GA, Mrs. Delphine Arnold of Dorchester, MA, Ms. Jovaun Briggs of Miami, FL, and Ms. Constance Briggs of Jamaica Plains, MA; three sons Mr. Nathaniel Arnold, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph (Deborah) Briggs, and Mr. Eugene Briggs all of Roxbury, MA; fourteen grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two sisters Mrs. Jean Battle of New York, and Mrs. Tauhidah Rusul-Ahmed of Ohio; many nieces, nephews and cousins as well as other beloved family members and friends.

 

 

 

Mrs. Ruth Briggs will be transported to Massachusettes where there will be a subsequent burial at Forest Hills Cemetery.

 

 

 

Please join the family in honoring the life of Mrs. Ruth Briggs by visiting www.jeffeberhartfuneralhome.com to sign the register book and share a memory.

 

 

 

The Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home of Dallas, GA is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Ruth Jones Briggs.

Edited January 17, 2012 by Eberhart1