Ruth Brinkley

Ruth Ann Brinkley was born June 24, 1947 in De Soto, MO. She was the daughter of Fred Wilson, Sr. and Virginia (nee Nash) Bonner. She died on December 29, 2013 at her residence in De Soto, MO at the age of 66 years. She is survived by her children, Merle (Terry) Gillam, De Soto, MO; Ona (Roger) Link, Wappapello, MO; and Teddie Gillam, Farmington, MO; two sisters, Linda LaChance, Potosi, MO and Gen Cornnem, Kansas City, MO; one brother, Fred Wayne Wilson, Arnold, MO; five grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Lester Brinkley, Sr.; and one sister, Alice Wilson.