Mrs. Ruth Goins Putnam, 80 of 3108 Ramseur Church Road, Shelby, NC passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Services were held at Second Baptist Church. Burial followed in Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, NC. 

Mrs. Putnam was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Charles C. “Put” Putnam; her parents Clyde Elmer Goins and Pearl Short Goins; 2 sons, Ricky Eugene Putnam and Johnny Randolph Putnam; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-great-granddaughter; 1 brother; and 4 sisters.

She is survived by 2 sons, Charles K. Putnam and wife Margaret, and Randy K. Putnam and fiancé Joy Appleman, all of Shelby, NC; 2 daughters, Debbie A. Blanton and husband Ricky D. of Cliffside, NC, and Terry Byars and husband Steven of Shelby, NC; 1 brother, Roy Goins of Grover, NC; 3 sisters, Vera Davis of Shenandoah, VA, Bertha Goins of Shelby, NC, and Pernell Patterson of Kings Mountain, NC; 14 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; and 9 great-great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Corinth Primitive Baptist Church, 3116 Ramseur Church Road, Shelby, NC; or to: Hospice Cleveland Co., 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150.

Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, NC is serving the family.