Ruth Eva Keener Garland

Highlands, NC - Ruth Eva Keener Garland, age 98, of Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in a Clayton, GA hospital. She was born in Rabun Co., GA, the daughter of the late Emory and Huldah Holbrook Keener. She was a homemaker and a member of the Highlands United Methodist Church where she was a member of the United Methodist Women’s Association. She is survived by two daughters, Rebecca Cragg of Coppers Cove, TX and Mary Garland Newton of Pendleton, SC; two sons, Dean Garland of Seneca, SC and Willard Garland of Highlands, NC. Seven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mattie Cabe and three brothers, Lee Keener, Will Keener and George Keener.

Memorial services will be held Sunday, November 1, at 2:00 PM at Highlands First United Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Christy officiating. The family will receive friends after the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Umcor Fund, Highlands Methodist Church, PO Box 1959, Highlands, NC 28741 or to the Tamassee Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, PO Box 1, Tamassee, SC 29686.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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