Ruth Ellen Steele, who resided near Hackett, died Friday, January 10, 2020, at Pink Bud Nursing Center in Greenwood. She was born June 30, 1927, in Lavaca, to the late Orville Wilson and Grace Hunter Wilson. She was 92 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman C. Steele; a son, Edward Duane Steele; three sisters, Maxine, Imogene, and Ila; one brother, Bill; two grandchildren, Melissa Ann Pierce and Truman Gwartney.

Ruth was a homemaker.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14th, at Brotherton Funeral Home Chapel in Charleston. Burial will be at Hickory Ridge Cemetery, located east of Lavaca, under the direction of Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home and Flower Shop in Charleston.

She is survived by two daughters, B.J. Gwartney and husband Truman of Greenwood and Kathy Pierce and husband Tony of Leakesville, Mississippi; two sons, Herman Carl Steele, Jr. and wife Carolyn of Hackett and Gregory Steele and wife Kay of Pasadena, California; a brother, Glen Wilson of Lavaca; four grandchildren, Brian Steele, Shelley Claywell, Lori Walley, and Eddie Steele; eleven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be family members.

The family will visit with friends on Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. before the the funeral service.

To pay an online tribute, please visit www.brothertonbrothersfuneralhomes.com.