81 year old Ruthene Putty of Liberty died Wednesday at NHC Healthcare Center in Smithville. She was born in DeKalb County. Putty was also a homemaker, a Methodist, and a community correspondent for the Smithville Review. The funeral will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Anderson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until the service. She was preceded in death by her parents, Solon Howard Putty and Bonnie Malone Putty; two brothers, Leonard and Bill Putty; a sister, Mary Francis Ray; and a nephew, Paul Edward Ray. Survivors include a brother, Jimmy Lewis and wife Gloria Putty of Smithville. Two sisters-in-law, Faye Putty and Helen Putty. Six nieces and six nephews also survive. Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements.
