Ruth R. Salmon

Mrs. Ruth Salmon died early Friday morning at Ridgewood Health Center with family and care providers at her side. She was born Ellene Ruth Reeves in Gainesboro, Tennessee to James Charles and Lois Choate Reeves on April 1, 1912. She was a lifelong Methodist, and a graduate of the Nashville General Hospital School of Nursing. She met her husband, Dr. James L. Salmon, when she was a student nurse and Dr. Salmon was a surgical resident in Nashville. They were married July 27, 1934 and had five children, four of whom who survive: Dr. Lucy S. Crain (Bill) of San Francisco, CA, Ms. Mary S. Templeton (Al) of Washington DC, Dr. James L. Salmon, Jr. (Eileen Arnold) of Bowling Green, and Dr. Thaddeus Salmon (Sally) of Madisonville, as well as by seven grandchildren: William Crain, Jr (Ella) of Saint Paul, MN, Sara Lois Crain (Juergen Heerdegen) of San Francisco, Thad Robert Salmon (Felice) of Lexington, Ainsley Salmon Handke (Emil) of Louisville, Branen Salmon of Seattle, WA, Eric Salmon and Elizabeth Salmon of Lexington, and two great grandchildren, Henry and Hugo Crain of Saint Paul. \
She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. James L. Salmon in 1984 and their daughter Sue Anne Salmon in 2010, as well as by her parents, one sister, and three brothers. \ Funeral service will be at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home in Madisonville at 2:00 pm, Wednesday July 20, preceded by visitation at 1:00 pm and followed by a service of Christian burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery .The Reverend Dr. Robert Rice, Minister of Visitation at State Street Methodist Church of Bowling Green will officiate. Pallbearers will include Al Templeton, Bill Crain, Sara Crain, Will Crain, Ed Moore, and James L. Salmon Jr.. \
Memorial gifts may be directed to the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, 2000 College Drive, Madisonville. \