Mary Ruth Mills-Carr

January 23, 1941 - May 2, 2011

Mrs. Mary Ruth Spivey Carr died Monday, May 2, 2011, at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville. Services will be 10:00 a.m., graveside, at Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia. Rev. Keith Pearson is officiating. The family will receive friends 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Cox-Ware Funeral Home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Mary Ruth was born January 23, 1941 in Cairo, Georgia to Rev. Alonzo May and Mary Ann Brown Spivey. She was married to Mr. Robert R. Carr; who preceded her in death. She is survived by her children: Jerry Randall Mills of Dothan, Alabama; Rena Mills Cosby of Abbeville, Alabama; Marie Mills Perkins of Bainbridge, Georgia; Doris Mills Carmichael of Bainbridge, Georgia; Charlie W. Mills of Cairo, Georgia; Mary Mills Sherrer of Bainbridge, Georgia; Patricia Mills Lewis of Lake City, Florida; Daniel Mills of Bainbridge, Georgia; and Charlotte Mills Welch of Climax, Georgia. She has two brothers: Albert William Spivey of Tallahassee, Florida and Earnest Spivey of Thomasville, Georgia, 21 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Carr was a member of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary. She was a true patriot and supporter of all things military. Mary Ruth was a true "Southern Belle" .