Graveside services for Jimmy Eugene Ruff, 87, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Chickasha, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Cement Cemetery in Cement, Oklahoma. There will be no viewing.
Jimmy Eugene Ruff was born March 24, 1934 in Cement, Oklahoma to Buford Calvin Ruff and Dovie Lorine (Davis) Ruff. He died Friday, March 11, 2022 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Jimmy grew up mostly in Cement and attending and graduating Cement Schools. He played semi-pro baseball in the early 1950’s in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
On January 21, 1955 he married the love of his life, Mattie Lewellen Dotson and they shared 67 years of life together. They lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico from 1955 to 1969, where he worked in a power plant of PCA.
Then they moved back to Chickasha to be near family and Jimmy sold life insurance for Paul Revere for many years. He played softball until he was 84 years old and was a referee and umpire for 51 years. He and Mattie were members of The First Christian Church. He loved camping in Colorado and traveling with his softball team.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Shirley Bailey, and grandchildren Tyler and Joy Michelle.
Survivors include his wife Mattie Ruff; daughter and son-in-law Karen and Dale Senters; daughter Kathy Cunningham; son and daughter-in-law Stan and Jan Ruff; sister Janie Peck; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Interment will be under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.