Ruth Callahan

Mrs. Callahan was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and a former member of Davidson Memorial Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, William Luther Lineberger and Susan Etta Whiteside; her stepfather, James Hamrick; husbands, George W. Justice and Ralph C. Callahan; daughters
Dorothy Justice, Mary Sue McSwain, and Patsy Ann Blanton; brothers Charles Lineberger, Able Lineberger, William L. Lineberger, Ralph Lineberger and sister Lucille L. Fraser.

A precious and beloved grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother, she is survived by two grandsons and their wives: Scott and Beverly McSwain of Chapel Hill, NC; and Brent and Sherri Blanton of Lexington, NC; grandson Jeffrey J. McSwain of Los Angeles, CA; two granddaughters and their husbands: Vickie M. and Don Wright of Lawndale, NC and Micki M. and Steve Padgett of Kings Mountain, NC; great grandchildren; Kelly McSwain of Wilmington, NC, Harrison McSwain of Chapel Hill, NC, Caleb, Kalie and Cory Blanton of Lexington, NC, Philip Wright of Lawndale, NC, Chris Speight of Charlotte, NC, and Jay and Meredith Speight of Murfreesboro, TN; one great-great granddaughter, Olivia M. Speight of Murfreesbobo, TN; one son-in-law and his wife, L. H. and Brenda McSwain of Shelby, NC; one brother and his wife, James and Virginia Hamrick of Shelby, NC; two sisters, Mary J. Smith of Shelby, NC, and Frances Queen of Matthews, NC.

She is also survived by two stepsons and their wives: Brevard and Barbara Callahan, and Steve and Doris Callahan of Shelby, NC; stepsons, Charles Callahan and Eddie Callahan, both of Shelby, NC; a stepdaughter and her husband, Carolyn and Walt Price of Shelby, NC and their families.

Memorials may be made to Hospice and Paliative Care, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150