Ruth Irene Ishmael, 82, widow of Carl Ishmael, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at Johnson-Mathers Nursing Home.

She was born July 16, 1924 in Brown Co., Ohio to the late Lucien & Ella Ashton Jones, was a retired employee of Johnson-Mathers Health Care, a member of the Sunnyside Homemakers and a member of the Ishmael Chapel Church.

Survivors include 2 sons, Charles L. (Sandy) Ishmael & Carl Edward (Pamela) Ishmael, Carlisle, 3 daughters, Sallie (James) Carter, Danville, Dorothy Fryman, Flemingsburg and Betty (Robby) Anderson, Paris, a sister, Peggy Short, Sardina, Ohio, 13 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday at Mathers-Gaunce F.H. by Rev. Alvin Eckler and Rev. Gaylord Gillispie. Burial will follow in Carlisle Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 5:00 P.M. Sunday.