Ruthie L. Wagster

Mrs. Ruthie Lee (Ahart) Wagster, 92, of Benton, Ark., went to be with her Heavenly Father on December 28, 2020. The most loving and giving woman you could ever know. Ruthie was born July 8, 1928, in Grubbs, Ark., the daughter of, Thomas Norwood "Doc" Ahart and Nola McKee Ahart. Ruthie was a native of Newport, whose current residence was Benton. She retired from AT&T after 20 years of dedicated service. Some may have known her through Walmart as a door greeter for eight years. Ruthie enjoyed her retirement by traveling to her great grandkids ball games. She loved watching them grow up and have children of their own. She enjoyed watching her sports, especially the Razorbacks. If she wasn't watching them live, she was rooting them on at home. Ruthie never met a stranger. She truly loved everyone and was loved by everyone. She adored her family more than anything. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marion "Gene" Wagster; her son, Donny Ray Wagster; daughter, Sheila Ruth Roushall; grandson, John David Wagster; her brothers, Therrel Dean, James Thomas "J.T.", and Silva "S.H." Ahart; her sisters, Eula Mae Lewis, Othella Turner, and Esther Maness. She is survived by her son, Ronny Dale Wagster, and wife, Becky, of Beaver Falls, Penn.; grandchildren, Trey Luther Stutts and wife, Donna, of El Dorado, Kimberlee Beth Bull and husband, Darrel, of Benton, Aaron Lee Wagster and wife, Jasmine, of Canton, Ohio, Ryan Wagster and wife, Erin, and James and Nathan Wagster of Beaver Falls, Thomas Wagster of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Rachel Wagster of Raleigh, N.C.; 14 great-grandchildren, Fahren and Bailey Parker, Brandon Langford and wife, Casey, Scott Jones and wife, Erin, Caleb Stutts and wife, Peyton, Austin and Mandi Bull, McKenzie Worsham, Anastasia, Ava, Logan, and Kayleigh Wagster, Draven Fordyce, and Gauge Leist, eight great-great grandchildren, Karson, Hayden, Taytum, Mattixx, Allison, Adalene, Ellis, Henslie; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Eagle Point Church of God, c/o Building Fund, P.O. Box 190115, Little Rock, Ark., or by going to http://www.easytithe.com/epc. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday, January 4, at Griffin Leggett Funeral Home in Little Rock, with interment following at Forest Hills Cemetery in Alexander. Friends may visit at the funeral home Monday at 10 a.m. until service time. To sign the online guestbook, click "Add A Memory" at: www.griffinleggetthealeyroth.com