SARAH RUTH FULLER

FULLER, SARA RUTH was born April 29, 1918 in Port Arthur, Texas to William R. and Clara Lucille Fuller. She passed away April 26, 2004 in a local nursing home in Carrollton, TX. She is survived by one brother Wm. R. Fuller & wife Helen of Ft. Worth; nephews John Fuller & wife Gayle of Ft. Worth, Don Fuller of Seattle, WA; nieces Belinda Ruth Jones of Tulsa, OK, Teresa Burkhardt & Bill of North Carolina; and special friend Erma Nell White. She also leaves a host of beloved friends who she considered extended family. After growing up in Port Arthur, she attended Texas State College for Women in Denton, TX where she received a degree in library science. She moved to Corpus Christi after teaching a short time in east Texas. Her job during WWII was to work in a chemical plant to help with the war effort. Afterwards, she drove a bookmobile for the County Library system to deliver books to the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Her first love was always in the world of books and subsequently became a school librarian in the Corpus Christi Public Schools where she remained until 1954. She returned to work on her Masters degree at TWU in Denton in 1954 and then became employed by the Dallas Schools for the next twenty-one years. She completed her career in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD as the first librarian for the Newman Smith High School, retiring in 1978. Services will be held at 11:30 A.M., Friday, April 30, 2004 at the Wildwood Chapel at Restland Memorial Park. Restland 972-238-7111 restlandfuneralhome.com

The Dallas Morning News - Thursday, April 29, 2004
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams