Goolsby, Ruth Latham 
  	
Sept. 19, 1914 - Mar. 10, 2007/Funeral services for Ruth 
Latham Goolsby, 92, of Jefferson, Texas, formerly of 
Longview, Texas, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, 
2007, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Brother 
Bobby Moore, Brother Charles Moore and Dr. Graves Enck 
officiating. Interment will follow in Clayton Cemetery. 
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday 
evening at the funeral home. Mrs. Goolsby passed away 
Saturday, March 10, 2007, in Marshall, Texas. Ruth 
Gertrude Latham Goolsby was born September 19, 1914, in 
Gary, Texas, to W.H. and Ila Brannon Latham. Mrs. Goolsby 
graduated from a Nacogdoches-area high school. She married 
Upson Goolsby May 7, 1933, in Clayton, Texas. Mrs. Goolsby 
had lived in Jefferson for the past four years, moving 
from Longview, where she resided from 1960 until 2003 and 
was a member of Ware Acres Baptist Church. Before 1960, 
Mrs. Goolsby lived in Carthage and was a member of the 
First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her 
husband on April 5, 1995, and three sisters, Laverne Lade, 
Alice Hough Jarvis and Leahpaul Latham. Mrs. Goolsby is 
survived by one daughter, Janice Enck and husband, Graves, 
of Memphis, Tenn; one son, James Latham Goolsby and wife, 
Sharon, of Marshall, Texas; one brother, William T. Latham 
and wife, Delores, of New Ulm, Texas; one sister, Jane Butler 
of Jefferson, Texas; four grandchildren, Linda Ogin of 
Temecula, Calif., Gregg Goolsby of Dallas, Texas, Jimmy Enck 
of London, England, and Mike Enck of Memphis, Tenn.; and six 
great-grandchildren, Gregory Ogin, Garrett Ogin, Eva Enck, 
Iris Enck, Will Enck and Walker Enck. If desired, memorials 
may be made to the Clayton Cemetery Assn., c/o Kay Mauritzen, 
2372 F.M. 1970, Carthage, TX 75633; Sammy Brown Library, 522 
W. College St., Carthage, TX 75633; or First Baptist Church, 
256 S. Market, Carthage, TX 75633. A guestbook may be signed 
online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/12/2007.