Ruth Newport Carlisle

Mrs. Ruth Newport Carlisle, age 102, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, June 5, 2010, in Ocean Springs. She was born in Shawnee, OK., was a longtime resident of Zachary, LA. and a coast resident for fifteen years. Mrs. Carlisle, along with her husband, Reverend Robert Lee Carlisle, Jr., was a retired Southern Baptist Missionary, serving in Montevideo, Uruguay, for thirty years. She was a former school teacher, and along with her husband, founded what is now Uruguayan Baptist Theological Seminary. She was a graduate of Howard Payne College in Brownswood, TX. and Central College in Conway, AR. Mrs. Carlisle was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Reverend Robert Lee Carlisle, Jr., parents, Walter and Nell Mitchell Newport, and two brothers, Guy Newport and Walter Newport. Survivors include four daughters, Betty R. Carlisle, MD, Jean R. Carlisle, Nelly Jo Carlisle (Bill) VanAuken, and Edwina L. (Larry) Cummings, four sons, Robert N. (Carol) Carlisle, David L. (Wendy) Carlisle MD, Arthur D. (Jennifer) Carlisle, and Jason D. (Susan) Carlisle, fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchldren. Visitation will be on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, from 5 pm ~ 7 pm at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. On Wednesday, June 9, 2010, there will be a 10 am chapel service in the funeral home. Burial will follow at 3 pm in Wesson Cemetery in Wesson, MS. In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to the Ruth Carlisle Missionary Fund, at the First Baptist Church, Ocean Springs, 602 Washington Avenue, Ocean Springs, MS. 39564.