RUTH ALMA CLARK, 95, OF BASSETT, VA, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME MARCH 26, 2022. SHE WAS BORN IN PATRICK COUNTY VA NOVEMBER 3, 1926 TO WILLIAM ROBERT HOLT AND EMMA JANE COLLINS HOLT. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND WILLIE REED CLARK, FOUR BROTHERS, GILMER HOLT, EARNEST HOLT, CLYDE HOLT AND CURTIS HOLT; TWO SISTERS ALICE RODGERS, LOIS WOODS; A GREAT GRANDSON AARON HALLOWAY: TWO SON-IN-LAWS, EARL NEWMAN & STEVE MITCHELL AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, NANCY HUNDLEY CLARK. RUTH IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS, FRANCES MITCHELL OF COLLINSVILLE, IDA COCKRAM (HERBERT) OF BASSETT. ELAINE CAVE (DOUG) OF COLLINSVILLE AND EMMA NEWMAN OF BASSETT. TWO SONS, MORRIS CLARK (JOYCE) AND LONNIE CLARK OF BASSETT. EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, DWAYNE CLARK, SHERRY CLARK, MICHELLE CRAWFORD, JENNY RAWLINS, SARAH BAKER, BRIAN CAVE, ADAM & AMBER NEWMAN. TEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, NICOLE & NATHAN CLARK, ARIA CRAWFORD, ERIC RAWLINS, JULIANNE REYNOLDS, EMILY & JUSTUS BAKER, HAYDEN & ADDISON PRIVETTE AND RILEY RICHARDSON. FOUR GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, CAMERON HOLLOWAY, LIAM & AIDEN & HARLYN REYNOLDS. RUTH WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH IN BASSETT AND RETIRED FROM BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES. SHE ENJOYED WORKING IN HER YARD, PLANTING FLOWERS AND WATCHING HER BIRDS. SHE ESPECIALLY LOVED TO COOK AND NOTHING MADE HER HAPPIER THAN HAVING HER FAMILY FOR SUNDAY DINNER WHICH WAS A TRADITION ALL HER LIFE. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ONE HOUR BEFORE SERVICES AT 2:00 PM MARCH 31 AT ROSELAWN CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME, MARTINSVILLE, VA. PRIVATE BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROSELAWN BURIAL PARK. PASTOR DAVID TOWLER WILL OFFICIATE. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 348 CLARENCE MARTIN RD. BASSETT, VA 24055 OR TO ST.JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 501 ST.JUDE PLACE, MEMPHIS, TN 38105