Services for Ruby Hunt of Blytheville, Ark., are 1 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 11 at Mt. Olive M.B. Church with burial in thechurch cemetery. R.E. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Saturday from noon until 1 p.m. at the church.

Mrs. Hunt, 77, died Dec. 6, 2004, at her residence. She was bornin Brookhaven on March 13, 1927, to Jessie Putman Sr. and CassieBowman Putman.

She worked in food service for a number of years. She lived inBenton Harbor, Mich., for many years before moving to Blytheville.She was a member of the United Methodist Church in BentonHarbor.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, HoseaHunt; three brothers; and one sister.

Survivors are her daughter, Alice Foster of Blytheville; herson, L.J. Porker of Brookhaven; her sisters, Elizabeth P. Frelix ofChicago, Ill., Frances Braxton, Inez London and Blanche Bryant, allof Brookhaven, and Louvenia Parrish of Detroit, Mich.; her brother,Jessie Putman Jr. of Chicago; seven grandchildren; and a host ofnieces and nephews.