of Jonesboro, AR
March 11, 1925 - August 14, 2014
Mildred Ruth Forbus Stice, 89, of Jonesboro, passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at NEA Baptist Hospital. She was born March 11, 1925 in Muskegee Co. OK to James Mancil and Della Dean Harris Forbus. Ruth was a dietary aide at St. Bernards Hosptial and of the Baptist belief. She loved to cook for her family and others.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Daniel Stice; a son, Jerry Paul Stice; a great grandchild, Haley Stice; three brothers and a sister.
Survivors include two sons, Larry Daniel Stice and James Randall Stice; four daughters, Allievia Ellaine Lingenfelter, Judy Ann Flowers, Sandra Kay Nelson and Mary Catherine Ray; 14 grandchildren, Fran Webb, Brandon Diggs, Jonathan Diggs, Larrie Johnson, Larry Stice, Jr., Michell Gill, Lori Ann Sellers, Adam Smith, John Smith, Greg Smith, Jimmy Nelson, Jr., Shawn Stice, Jennifer Stice and Misty Stice; four step-grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; a brother, Raymond Forbus; five sisters Nell Hill, Francis Bradley, Rose Dickerson, Pauline Baugh and Lorine Brooks.
Visitation will be 5-8 pm Sunday at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home, 1900 West Washington Avenue in Jonesboro.
Chapel services will be 2 pm Monday at Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Ruth's grandsons will serve as active pallbearers.
Ruth's son-in-laws will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Grandma you were always there for me, my comfort in the storms, someone to spend time with I will always love you . From your granddaughter Jennifer ??
Dear grandma, it’s been 9 years since your passing and it’s still very hard to this day to accept it. i miss you so so so much. i miss our mornings together, us cooking together, gardening together, watching old western shows, you telling me all your amazing stories, i miss being able to come over and see you. i miss hugging you and giving you kisses. you were my grandma and i love you so so much. it’s very hard without you here. i remember it still like it was yesterday even though it’s been 9 years. i wish i could have seen you one last time and told you how much i loved you, but they wouldn’t let me see you. if i would have known that was the last day i was going to see you alive, i would’ve hugged you so tight and told you how much i loved you and how much you meant to me. i never got the chance to tell you before you passed. i never got to tell you goodbye. you were so strong, i wasn’t expecting it. my whole world fell apart within a few days. i’m still crying right now typing this. i’m not sure if i’ll ever stop crying from missing you. i miss you so so much grandma and i think of you every day. i’ll never forget you. you were took too soon. i love you forever and always.
Love, your great granddaughter Lil Randi â¤ï¸
Mom it’s coming up on the seventh year, there’s not a day goes by that I don’t think off you. I miss you so much, I think of you in everything I do Sometimes I look in the mirror and I see you. I hope I’m just half the person you were. I know someday we will be together again. I love you forever.â¤ï¸
Grandma Stice,
I with a heavy heart I am thankful that I was able to speak with you one last time before your passing. Unfortunately, I was unable to visit with you before I moved out of state. But the memories I do have of you and Grandpa Stice will always be there. I love y'all. Rest in peace.
Memories of Ruth go back over 60 years, whe was a Christian woman that helped our family for many years and was an inspiration to us all
Grandma - I'm sorry I wasn't able to attend the service yesterday. I'll always cherish the time we spent together and due to circumstances not my own - I wasn't able to be able to see you much before the end.
You were a fantastic grandmother, a wonderful mother, and I will miss you.
I won't leave you with a Biblical verse because that's a bit overdone, so instead I will leave you with this -
"Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, Places to play in - pray in. Where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. The mountains are calling, and I must go."
Rest in peace grandma Ruth.You will be greatly missed.Love you
Mother I love you with all my heart I no you loved us all, I will forever miss you, life will never be the same , Thursday I lost part of my heart, I believe mommy that you are in the hands of God sitting at the Masters table, You were Gods gift to us and everyone who ever knew you , I cannot amagine life without you , Heaven has a new Angel ,I bet your trying to cook them all something to eat, Always thinking of others and never yourself,I will forever miss you ,but someday I can truly say, I will see you again. Love You Mommy. Sandy and Jimmy.
R.I.P. Ms. Stice. Mary Cathherine will miss you.
Mommy I love and miss you very much it just dont seem Right your gone,... but you will Never be forgot see you on the other side , Rest in Peace I love you!!! I was there holding your hand and wiped your sweet tear running down your sweet cheek , I love you my Sweet Mother me and you Always. Your Daughter Mary Catherine & Ricky Ray God always wanted another angel so he took you my sweet mother!!!
Mary Catherine and immediate family, I am so sorry for your loss. We all loved "Ms Ruth" very much and will miss her forever. She was a wonderful person and deserves to rest in pease.
Cathy and girls, I was sorry to see your mom passed, I know you loved her very much. Love, Betty Carol
Larry & Sheila & Family,
Our deepest sympathy on the loss of your loved one. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Gary & Debbie Whitney & Margaret Ratliff