Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Latham Goolsby, age 92 of Jefferson, TX formerly of Longview, TX will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bobby Moore, Brother Charles Moore, and Dr. Graves Enck officiating. Interment will follow in Clayton Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Mrs. Goolsby passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2007 in Marshall, Texas.

Ruth Gertrude Latham Goolsby was born on September 19, 1914 in Gary, Texas to W. H. and Ila Brannon Latham. Mrs. Goolsby graduated from a Nacogdoches area High School. She married Upson Goolsby on May 7, 1933 in Clayton, Texas. Mrs. Goolsby had lived in Jefferson for the past four years moving from Longview where she resided from 1960 until 2003 and was a member of the Ware Acres Baptist Church. Before 1960, Mrs. Goolsby lived in Carthage and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 5, 1995 and three sisters, Laverne Lade, Alice Hough Jarvis, and Leahpaul Latham.

Mrs. Goolsby is survived by one daughter, Janice Enck and husband Graves of Memphis, TN; one son, James Latham Goolsby and wife Sharon of Marshall, TX; one brother, William T. Latham and wife Delores of New Ulm, TX; one sister, Jane Butler of Jefferson, TX; four grandchildren, Linda Ogin of Temecula, CA, Gregg Goolsby of Dallas, TX, Jimmy Enck of London, England, and Mike Enck of Memphis, TN; and six great-grandchildren, Gregory Ogin, Garrett Ogin, Eva Enck, Iris Enck, Will Enck, and Walker Enck.

If desired, memorials may be made to the Clayton Cemetery Assn., C/o Kay Mauritzen, 2372 F.M. 1970, Carthage, TX 75633, Sammy Brown Library, 522 W. College St., Carthage, TX 75633, or First Baptist Church, 256 S. Market, Carthage, TX 75633.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.