Ruth Darnall Pakish, 72, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

She was retired as a riverboat cook for Western Kentucky Navigation and a member of the Eastern Star.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Ridgely, where she was a member, with Bro. David Gray officiating. Burial will be in Lake Memorial Gardens in Tiptonville. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

The family will receive visitors at 5:30-8 p.m. today at the church.

Survivors include two daughters, Monica Shull and husband, Bob, of Ridgely, and Monette Perkins of Tiptonville; a stepdaughter, Fran Bauer and husband, Bob, of Donora, Penn.; two sons, Ken Hickman and wife, Judy, of Dyersburg, and Pete Miller and wife, Kay, of Alamo; a stepson, Joseph Pakish and wife, Christy, of Monessen, Penn.; three sisters, Margaret Hunter of Big Sandy, Jean Spann of Smyrna and Barbara Hanks of Tiptonville; three brothers, Cecil Gooch of Tiptonville, Jimmy Gooch of Hornbeak and Roger Dale Gooch of Shawtown; and eight grandchildren, Amy Hickman, John Paul Perkins, Jason Perkins, Jeramy Eberst, Laura Shull, Leah Shull Yoes, Michelle Nance and Shauna Miller.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George Pakish; a stepson, George Pakish Jr.; her parents, Alvin and Thelma Gooch; and a brother, Frank Gooch.

Pallbearers will be Brant Black, Albert Moore, Hunter Walker, John Perkins, Jason Perkins, Jeramy Eberst, Jake Yoes, Roy Williams and Chuck Archie. Honorary pallbearers will be Joseph Gooch, Alex Hays, Sam Hays, Jackson Hopper, Danny Gooch, Billy Jim Gooch, Bradley Gooch, Richard Kent Hunter, Bob Hunter, John Cochran and Jeramy Eberst Jr.