Margaret Ruth Kerr
Margaret Ruth Kerr, age 96, formerly of Oak Ridge, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Vitas Health Care Center in Stockbridge, Ga.
She was born June 10, 1916, in Absher, Mont., the daughter of Henry and Mary Jane Phillips Allan.
Mrs. Kerr retired from the University of Tennessee Agricultural Farm, where she was a librarian. She had also served as a board member of Clinch River Home Health Services.
She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church and served as a volunteer for the Recording for the Blind, Campfire Girls and CONTACT. She played the piano for the Mello-Dears musical group and sang with the Sweet Adeline’s. She was an avid gardener and loved attending the wild flower shows in Gatlinburg.
