Geneva Ruth Howard, age 78, of Paris, departed this life on Saturday, September 19, 2020, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. She was born in Bourbon County on October 12, 1941, the daughter of the late Silas Phillip and Amelia Mae Hamilton Howard, was a graduate of Bourbon County High School, was a retired Square D employee, and attended Queens Street Christian Fellowship in Mount Sterling. In her spare time, she loved tracing her family history, enjoyed photography, working puzzles, and fishing. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Henry Thomas “Tiny”, Frank, Paul, Melvin, and Orville Howard, as well as sisters, Ruby DeAtley, Margo Liggett, Edith Buzzard, and Thelma McCord.

Surviving is one sister, Barbara Arnold; a sister-in-law, Deloris Howard; brother-in-law, Carl Liggett; several nieces, nephews; great nieces, great nephews; great great nieces, and great great nephews.

The funeral service for Geneva Ruth Howard will be on Friday, September 25, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Hinton-Turner Funeral Home with Rev. Tracy Crouch officiating. Interment will be in Elizaville Cemetery with casket bearers being Arthur Buzzard, Gary Buzzard, Larry Buzzard, Larry Gene Howard, William Melvin Howard, and Timmy Howard. Honorary bearers are Larry Dunn, David Dumford, and John Smoot. Visitation will be on Thursday evening, September 24, 2020, at Hinton-Turner Funeral Home, between the hours of 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. www.hintonturner.com