On Saturday, December 21, 2019,  Alma Ruth (Stokes) Waugh, loving mother of two children passed away at the age of 103. Visitation will be 1:00-2:00PM, Friday, December 27, 2019 at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton.  Graveside Service and Interment will follow at 2:30PM at Carpenter Cemetery, Chilhowee, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the Norris United Methodist Church and can be left in care of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home.  Condolences and fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .

Alma was born on October 12, 1916 in Meta, Missouri to Archie and Mary Lydia (Seaton) Stokes.  She had three brothers and one sister.  She married Lyle G. Waugh, son of Wesley and Ursel G. Waugh, on November 8, 1940 in Chilhowee and then settled in the Norris community where they raised two sons, Richard and John.  Alma was a devoted wife and mother, an excellent homemaker and anyone who had the pleasure to sit at her table enjoyed some of the best meals in all of Henry County.  She was a member of Norris Women's Society of Christian Service as a member of Norris United Methodist Church.  She later attended the United Methodist Church, Clinton.  She was employed by Rival Manufacturing Company in Clinton from August 1970 through September 1981.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Mary Lydia Stokes; her husband, Lyle Gilliam Waugh; her brothers, Walter A., Thurman E. and A. Howard Stokes; and her sister, Ida M. Richardson.

She is survived by her two sons, Richard L. and his wife Sharlene (Gayle) Waugh, Clinton and John A. Waugh, Springfield, MO.;  granddaughter, Tracy R. Smith, Burleson, TX., four great grandchildren,  Brittni A. Waugh and Harlee D. Smith, Burleson, TX., Tyler J. Waugh, Norfolk, VA. and Amanda D. Mays, Lebanon, TN.; seven great-great grandchildren; four nieces and five nephews.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri.