Virgie Ruth Horton

Virgie Ruth Horton, 93 of Ranger, passed away on September 4, 2021 in Eastland. A memorial service to honor her memory will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 18th at Merriman Baptist Church in Ranger.
Virgie was born April 14, 1928 in Midlothian, Tx to Clarence Virgil Shumate and Willie Vernell Shumate. She was married to Billy Joe Rodgers, and later to Jack Albert Burrow. She then married Charles Edwin Horton. She was a proud "Gold Star Mom", and a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Strawn. She enjoyed watching Harold Salem and the Hazel show on T.V. She liked playing the piano, taking care of her cats, and reading her Bible. She had a passion for watching hummingbirds and tending to her plants.
She was preceded in death by a son, Larry Joe Rodgers; a daughter, Bonnie Gail Rogers; and a brother, Ronald Eugene Shumate.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Horton; daughter, Carla Sharp; sister, Carolyn Garvin (Billy); 4 grandchildren, Mandy Ponce De Leon, Ron Wallace, Jeri Lynn & Clay Withrow, Ben Sharp, and Ariel LeAnn Sharp and Travis Shelley; 4 great-grandchildren, Elizabeth & Isaiah Arellano, Hagen Ray Tanner, Aiden Don Tanner, and Owen Dale Shelley.
The family would like to thank the Eastland Nursing Home and Alpha Omega hospice of the care for Virgie the last couple of months.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.edwards-funeral-homes.com .