Ruth Knight House, 80, died Saturday, May 18, 2013.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Scotland Neck. Interment will follow at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery. The Reverend Canon E.T. Malone, Jr. will be presiding.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013 at Letchworth Funeral Home in Scotland Neck.
Ruth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church Altar Guild and Vestry and was Assistant Clerk of Court for the Halifax County Clerk of Superior Court for many years.
Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Julian House, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Dr. Audrey House and husband Dr. Greg Thomas of Weddington; her sons, Oscar Julian House, III and wife Michelle of Durham and Bud House and wife Jeanne of Hobgood; brother, Kenneth Knight and wife Wilma of Saint Simons Island, GA; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 372, Scotland Neck, NC 27874.
Arrangements are being handled by Letchworth Funeral Home in Scotland Neck.