- Date Of Birth: November 25, 1921
- Date Of Death: January 11, 2020
- State: North Carolina
Sue Woodside Ruffin, 98, formerly of Statesville, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Transitions of Wake County.
Sue was born November 25, 1921 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Otis Lathan Woodside and Mamie Lee Vickery Woodside. She was a graduate of Scotts High School and Lees McRae College with a degree in Medical Records. She served in the US Coast Guard (SPAR) from 1941-1945 during World War II. Later she worked for UNC Memorial Hospital; HUD and was a State Auditor of Nursing Homes in North Carolina. She was a lifelong member of Concord Presbyterian Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher. She was also a member of Cary Presbyterian Church, where she became the first female Ordained Elder. Later, received the Presbyterian Women’s Lifetime Achievement while at Concord Presbyterian Church.
In addition to her church activities, she enjoyed going to the Lees McRae Reunion (Frolic) every summer, well into her 80’s. She led an active life of service before self, within each community she called home.
She is survived by one son, Timothy Allen Ruffin (Ashley) of Fuquay-Varina, NC; one grandson, Davis Allen Ruffin of Fuquay-Varina, NC; three nieces, Sally Hedrick Warren, Leigh Thompson Glenn, Barbara Hedrick Williams (John) and one nephew, William Edward Thompson, Jr. (Sara) along with numerous great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Otis Woodside Morrison, Helen Woodside Hedrick and Carolyn Woodside Thompson.
