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 Anna Ruth Wyrick departed this life on November 16, 2007. Devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband Herman, of 49 years, her parents Ruth and Judge Willis, a sister Betty McCrary, an infant brother and nephew Roy Lee McCrary. Ann loved to go dancing and to UT sporting events with Herman. She was very close to her parents who resided with her in Oak Ridge for a number of years. She was of the Methodist faith and in her later years supported her daughter’s church, Luminary United Methodist Church in Ten Mile, Tennessee. Ann will be remembered by her family for her great love of each of them.
Ann is survived by two children, Teresa McNeely and her husband Mike of Kingston and son Teryl who resides in Pennsylvania plus a stepson Jerry and his wife Lynn who live in Idaho. She is also survived by grandchildren; Michael and his wife Robyn, Joy and her husband Aaron, Ruthie, and Jennifer, and also her great-grandchildren; Bret, Jacob, Harleigh, Shane, Emily, Noah, and Aidan. She is also survived by three sisters-in-law; Betty Wyrick, Ruby Wyrick and Louise Williams, and also by several nieces and nephews. Special friends include John and Lovie Rowell, her neighbors Midge Snow and Jean Lawson, Joan Madden, Anne Pangle and her grandson Jonathan.
The funeral will be Tuesday November 20, 2007 at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with Rev. Jay Ferguson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1-2 Tuesday at the funeral home.