Frankie Jo Graham Ruffino's Obituary
Memorial services for Frankie Jo Graham Ruffino, 86, will be held in the Nicholson Chapel at the First United Methodist Church on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends at the church from 1:30 to 2 p.m. prior to the service.
Born March 15, 1933, in Longview, Texas to Ollie Dee Hearn Graham and Frank Edgar Graham. Died February 29, 2020, Longview, Texas.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, her husband Preston Ruffino, her sisters, Susie and Shirley, and her great-granddaughter Lindsey Paige Tabor.
She is survived by her son, Richard Wade and his wife Margaret, of Longview and her daughter, Brenda Fowler and her husband Gene of Ft. Worth, her grandchildren, Amanda Wade Tabor and her husband Jeff of Wylie, Texas, Derek Dennis Wade of Longview, Amy Fowler of Ft. Worth, Cameron Fowler and his wife Amy of Ft. Worth, and her great-grandchildren, Brittany Lynn Tabor of Wylie, Danica Joyce Wade of Longview and Jackson Sherrill of Ft. Worth.
The family wishes to thank the staff of Highland Pines Nursing Home in Longview. They also want to acknowledge her special friends, Mabelle Henderson and Judy Funderburk, along with the Care Team of First Methodist Church in Longview, Texas.
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