Ruth Jean McNally-Charles, 79, of Canadian, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at her home.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Kelley Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Rudy Freese officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Hunn, Black & Merritt Funeral Home & Crematory of Eufaula.
Born March 18, 1930, in Fort Towson, she was the daughter of John and Myrtle Mae (Loomis) Ray. She graduated from Idabel High School. She married Connie Amber Berry in 1949, and they had a son in 1950.
She was baptized in 1951 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Stillwater.
She lived in Tulsa, Nashville, Ark., Oklahoma City and Alexander, Ark. She finally moved back to McAlester, where she met and married Gene McNally in 1974. After he preceded her in death, she later married James Charles in Springfield, Mo.
She was a member of the Methodist Church of Canadian. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Canadian and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Her hobbies included needle crafts, crocheting quilts and various beaded art.
Survivors include her husband, James Charles, of the home; her son, William Spencer Berry and wife, Pat, of California; three grandchildren, Adrian Berry of Missouri, Tricia Van Deursen, of Alaska, and William S. Berry, of California, and three great-grandchildren, Kayla, Jason and Aaron.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Cecil Ray, Clyde Ray, Vernon Ray, Joe Ray, Van Ray and Robert Ray, and her sisters, Vallie Munson and Leona Allen Trillet.
