Ruth Robertson

Funeral services for Ruth Marie Carlisle Robertson will be held at 2 pm Tuesday, December 27th, at Wesley Methodist Church in Hartsville with burial immediately following at Magnolia Cemetery. Mrs. Robertson died Thursday, December 22nd. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10-11 a.m. at the Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Widow of Julius Ducworth “Robby” Robertson, Ruth Marie was born in 1917 in Cookville, TN and was the daughter of Ruth Marie Spates and Professor Maston Thomas Carlisle who was head of the Coker College Science Department for 35 years. Ruth Marie received her BS from Coker College and her Master’s in Chemistry from Peabody College. She taught Science at Greeleyville and Hartsville High Schools and was later Professor of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry at Coker College. As a lifelong member of Wesley United Methodist Church, she was President of their Altar Guild for 35 years, was active in the church’s women’s groups and spearheaded the establishment of the Prayer Room. Mrs. Robertson was active in many local and national organizations. She served as both local and South Carolina state president of the American Legion Auxiliary. She was a founder of the Hartsville Community Players, was active for many years in the Darlington County Historical Society and played the standing bass in the Hartsville Community Orchestra. She was a charter member of the Hartsville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and served as its president, registrar and treasurer; she was also president of the SC District of the UDC. Mrs. Robertson was an organizer of the Brigadier General David Rogerson Williams Chapter of the US Daughters of 1812 and a lifetime active member, holding numerous local and state offices. Remaining family members include sisters Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair of Aiken and Anne Maston Carlisle Griggs of Athens, GA; nieces Mary Earle Blackmon Phillips of Hartsville, Sylvia Lorraine McNair Ratchford of Columbia, Ruthanne DeVore McNair Lucius of Montmorenci, Anne Maston Griggs Swank of Dade City, FL and Teresa Leigh Griggs Johns of Athens, GA; and nephews Carlisle James McNair of Aiken, ‘Gene Carlisle Griggs of Woodstock, GA and Mitchell Lee Griggs of Taccoa, GA. Mrs. Robertson was predeceased by her sister Mary Clara “Clack” Thomas Carlisle Blackmon.

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Ruth Robertson

May 26, 1917 - December 22, 2005