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Ruth Eveline Mullen Curl

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Ruth Eveline Mullen Curl, age 86, was born October 7, 1933, in Wilmington, OH and passed from this life February 2, 2020, in Shelbyville after battling cancer.

Visitation will be held 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Thursday, February 6, 2020, at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Graveside service will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens at 1:00 p.m. with Brother Stephen Murphree officiating.

She was the daughter of the late Elmer and Elizabeth Monce Mullen and is preceded in death by: husband, Charles Samuel Curl; daughters, Sherry Bowman, and Dorene Ray; sister, Goldie Constants; and brothers, Charlie, Earle, Paul, Orville, and Norman Mullen.

Ruth was mainly a homemaker, she had worked as a CNA for the Bedford County Nursing Home for several years. She enjoyed sewing, crochet, embroidering, and caring for her many cats. She was a supporter of the Relay for Life, and the Cancer Society. She was Baptist in faith.

She is survived by daughters, Mary Kathy (Robert) Salvail of Michigan, and Annette (John) Mullen of Shelbyville; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild, 10 nephews and nieces; and son-in-law, Lenox Bowman of MI.

Memorial donations may be made to the Bedford Cancer Foundation at www.bedfordcancerfoundation.org or by mail: P.O. Box 1523, Shelbyville, TN 37162.

Doak-Howell Funeral Home is serving the family.

www.doakhowellfuneralhome.com