Jimmie Ruth Workman... Age 82

Jimmie Ruth Workman age 82 of Parker, KS died Monday November 7, 2016 at Richmond Health Care Center of Richmond, KS.

Jimmie was born October 1, 1934 in Van Zandt County, TX. She was eldest of two born to James Berriman and Claudia Berl (Flowers) Downing. She grew up in Texas all of her life. They moved to Lubbock, TX when she was 10 years old.

At the age of 18, Jimmie and Hanford Autrey Workman eloped on April 22, 1952 in Clovis, New Mexico. After marriage, the couple moved to Arizona. They soon moved back to Lubbock, Texas where Jimmie worked for the telephone company. While in Lubbock, Jimmie gave birth to her only child, William Richard, on July 23, 1955. In 1965 the Workman family moved to Kansas City, Kansas. When they moved to Kansas, Jimmie went to Beauty School and became a Cosmetologist. She had her own shop in Kansas City.

In 1970, the family settled in Parker, Kansas on a farm where they raised pigs. Jimmie went to work of Mi’Lady’s hair salon in Osawatomie until 1978 when she retired and became a full time farm hand. Jimmie was a hard working women. She worked on the farm countless hours and tended to thousands of pigs over her lifetime on the farm. Jimmie taught her nieces to knit and helped them sew. In the summer, they would plant a garden and then can the vegetables for the winters. She loved church and attended the First Baptist Church of Parker. Then transferred her membership to the Faith Baptist Church of Osawatomie. Jimmies favorite thing was to sing.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years Hanford and her parents.

She is survived by her son William Richard and wife Julie Ann of Parker, KS; One sister Mary Jo Spencer of Mound City, KS. four grandchildren; Dennis, James, Justin Wayne and wife Virginia Workman of Minco, Oklahoma, and Matthew Keith and wife Courtney Helene Workman of Carthage, Texas. Six great grandchildren, Jared Brett, Madisan Kelsey, Madeline Helene, Carson Hanford, Charlotte Frances and Henry Thomas Workman. Nieces Delica Jo (Bill) LeRoy, Doris Delene Hazen and Nephew James Floyd Carter. Along with many other nieces, nephews, other family and friends.