TITLE:  Minnie Pernell Ruffin

SOURCE: The New and Reporter, June 20, 2001

SUBMITTED: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Mrs. Minnie Pernell Ruffin, 90
BLACKSTOCK – The funeral for Mrs. Minnie Pernell Mobley Ruffin of 
Magnolia Manor, Rock Hill, formerly of Cork Road, Blackstock, will be 
conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 at Mount Tabor Presbyterian 
Church Cemetery in Blackstock with the Rev. Dr. W.T. Holmes officiating
Mrs. Ruffin, 90, died Saturday, June 16, 2001 at a nursing center.
Born in Blackstock on January 8, 1911, she was the daughter of the 
late Ruben Mobley and the late Sarah Cork Mobley. She was the widow of 
the late John Ruffin. She was a retired librarian from Harlem School of
Nursing in New York. She was a member of Mount Tabor Presbyterian 
Church in Blackstock and attended St. Augustine Presbyterian Church 
while living in New York. Mrs. Ruffin attended Russell Elementary 
School in Blackstock and Hanes Institute of Augusta, Ga. She received 
a master’s degree from Columbia University and Vermont University. She 
taught school in Blacksville, S.C. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. 
Marie Mobley Gladden of Blackstock; a devoted niece, Mrs. Sarah Davis 
Long of Alabama; and a nephew, Sammie Davis of Illinois. Denton Funeral
Service is in charge of arrangements. 
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