Subject: Dearen.Ruth.Johns.1999.Taylor-Jefferson.OBIT



Ruth Johns Dearen February 27 1999 
Taylor-Jefferson County KyArchives Obituaries

CKNJ, date unknown
Ruth Johns Dearen, of Louisville, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999, in Louisville 
after an extended illness. Daughter of the late Joseph M. Johns and Mattie 
Ocella Henson Johns, she was born in the Elkhorn Community in Taylor County, 
Ky., on Oct. 13, 1902, and was a member of the Fourth Avenue United Methodist 
Church. She was married to William G. Dearen on Aug. 25, 1920, and they farmed 
in Taylor and Washington Counties in Kentucky and in Illinois during their 
early married life. They moved to Nelson County in 1937 and farmed there until 
1976. In their later years they retired to Campbellsville, and lived there 
until Mr. Dearen's death on Sept. 16, 1986. She is survived by three sons and 
daughters-in-law, William H. and Jenelle Oakley Dearen and Victor M. and 
Donella Hume Dearen, all of Fort Myers, Fla. and Joseph W. and Lunette Barlow 
Dearen of Louisville; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. She was also 
preceded in death by six brothers and one sister, Alvin Johns, Ben Johns, 
Victor Johns, Leonard Johns, Jack Johns, Gatton Johns and Mary Johns Miller.


Submitted by: Debbie Dicken
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