Ruth Suddath Green

Ruth Suddath Green, only child of the late George William and Pauline Suddath Green, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.

Born in Kingstree, S.C., Ruth graduated from Kingstree High School in 1941; Columbia College, Columbia, S.C., bachelor of science in music in 1945, bachelor of arts in English, 1949; and UNC-Chapel Hill, master of arts in English, 1951.

She attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she studied pipe organ under Carl McKinley and George Faxon. In Boston she enjoyed the music concerts at Symphony Hall; operas, plays and ballets at the Opera House and the “feasts for the eyes” at the Museum of Fine Arts. She made friends at Canterbury Club, Trinity Episcopal Church, Copley Square and participated in its program for college students.

In December of 1954 Ruth joined Washington Street Methodist Church in Columbia, S.C.    

In 1955 she started working at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History from which she retired 40 years later.

In September 2008, she moved from Columbia to Dalton where she became an associate member of Fellowship Bible Church, was warmly received by the members and joined the “Ladies of the Round Table.” These ladies became her dear friends; she loved them all.

In Dalton Ruth lived with her second cousin, the Rev. Mr. James E. “Jim” Suddath, his wife Jenny and family, Joshua, Joanna, Julia and Jordan. Family and friends were always coming and going; the house was filled with the joy of living.  

The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Washington Street United Methodist Church, Christ Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park.   

The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service from 2 to 3 p.m.  Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, Columbia, is assisting the family.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Fellowship Bible Church, 2044 Dug Gap Road, Dalton, GA 30720, directed to the “Ladies of the Round Table” Breakfast Fund; or to Washington Street Methodist Church, 1401 Washington St., Columbia, SC 29201, directed to the EM Skinner Organ Repair Fund.

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