Ruth Ellen Osgood Ashworth, 80, of Beaumont, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at Christus Hospital St. Mary in Port Arthur.

She was born January 23, 1932, to Texie Pennington Purser and Leslie Purser. Ruth’s family and her church were very important to her. She also enjoyed reading. She was always involved with kids whether through work or church. Ruth used to sew costumes for the kids in the neighborhood. She was generous, very caring, and strong willed that was the back bone of the family. Ruth was an amazing woman.

Survivors include her children, Barbara Taylor of Wichita, Kansas, A.C. Combs and his wife, Ruby of Colmesneil, Margaret Barnes and her husband, Mike, Ronnie Osgood and his wife, Terri, and Kenneth Osgood and his wife, Kim, all of Nederland, Kevin Osgood and his wife, Donna of Port Neches, Janet Osgood of Nederland; step-daughters, Nancy Padilla and her husband, Blas and Jo Jackson, both of Vidor; twenty-nine grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and sisters, Irene Brantley of Lubbock, Sue Casheros of Ethel, Washington, and Winnie Harrell of Bonheim.