Mrs. Ruth Irene Lain Reavis

Ruth Irene Lain Reavis, 90, of Colfax, formerly of 3126 South Main St, Winston Salem and 1317 Glenwood Rd, Kernersville, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at River Landing. She was born January 5, 1923 in Winston Salem, NC, a daughter of Rev. Charles Anderson Lain and Bertha Albertson Lain. She was a 1941 graduate of High Point High School. During World War II, she worked in the Records Division of the Adjutant Generals Office for the U.S. Government. She resigned from that position to fulfill her childhood dream to be a teacher. She attended Allentown Bible Institute in Allentown, PA (1945-46) and then attended Pilgrim Bible College in Kernersville, NC (1946-47) where she was a member of the Mixed Chorus, Girls Chorus, Ladies Quartet and a member of the editorial staff of the ""Dixie Echoes"" college newspaper publication. She transferred to High Point College in 1947 and graduated from there in 1950 with an AB degree. While there, she was elected ""Miss Future Teacher of High Point College."" She attended UNCG 1951-53, receiving her Masters Degree in Education. She taught two years at Johnson Street Elementary School (1950-52) in High Point, NC and 33 years in the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, retiring on July 1, 1985. During those years, she taught at the following schools: Southpark Elementary School (1952-57); Easton Elementary School (1957-58); Wiley Elementary School (1958-59); Brunson Elementary School (1959-1966); and Sherwood Forest Elementary School (1966-1985). She taught eight years in the Academically Talented classes in the Winston Salem-Forsyth County Schools. She was Teacher of the Year at Brunson Elementary School, Winston Salem, NC and was Teacher of the Year twice at Sherwood Forest Elementary School. She was a member of the following professional organizations: NEA; NCAE; ACT; ACE; NCCTM; IRA; and the Council of Exceptional Children. She was a member of First Wesleyan Church in High Point where she was formerly a Youth Director, Sunday School teacher and Bible School teacher. In later years she attended Kernersville Wesleyan Church. She was also an avid Wake Forest Basketball fan. She was married to Odis Rual Reavis on July 19, 1952 who predeceased her on May 9, 2000. She was also preceded in death by her parents, eight brothers, James, Rev. Charles, Rev. Carl, John, Ernest, Rev. Paul, Clarence and Grady Lain; one sister, Mary Scism; and two half-brothers, Henry Elmer Lain and Winfred Lee Lain. Surviving are three sisters-in-law, Ruth Kimble of Biscoe, NC; Ethel Carter of High Point, NC; and Pansy Hayworth & husband, Willie, of Thomasville, NC; one brother-in-law, Richard Reavis of High Point, NC; 17 nieces and nephews, 45 great-nieces and nephews, 72 great-great nieces and nephews and 21 great-great-great nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 PM Saturday at Kernersville Wesleyan Church with Rev. Phil Hulen, Rev. Don Martin officiating. Interment will follow at Floral Garden Memorial Park in High Point, NC. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Friday at Hayworth-Miller Kernersville Chapel. Memorials may be given to: First Wesleyan Church, 1701 Westchester Dr, High Point, NC 27260, Kernersville Wesleyan Church, 930 N Main St, Kernersville, NC 27284, Hospice & Palliative CareCenter, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston Salem, NC 27103, Cancer Services, Inc., 3175 Maplewood Ave, Winston Salem, NC 27103, or Hephzibah Children's Home, 6601 Zebulon Rd, Macon, GA 31220.

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