Ruth Jean Bolt

On September 12, 2024, Ruth Jean Bolt died at Laurel Meadows, Heritage Hall, in Laurel Fork, Virginia. She was ninety-three years old. Ruth Jean was born in Stone, Kentucky, on October 11, 1930, to the late Myrtle Shelor Bolt and Sylvester Lawrence (“Lawrence”) Bolt. Ruth Jean had two sisters: the late Eileen Bolt Dalton and Alice B. (“Tinky”) Shelor. 

As a young woman, Ruth Jean attended Mars Hill College and later graduated from Radford University. She majored in elementary education and dedicated her life and career to teaching. For over thirty years, she was a teacher and mentor to several generations of students in Patrick County, among whom she is beloved and will be dearly missed. She was well-known in the community as a local historian, and her paintings were greatly admired. 

She leaves behind her nephew, Booker Hughes (“B.H.”) Dalton and his family, including his wife, Gail Pavlock Dalton, and his daughters, Ashley and Virginia Dalton; Tom George, the husband of her late niece, Betsy George; her great-niece, Jane George, and several cousins.

There will be a Celebration of Life at Meadows of Dan Baptist Church on November 2, 2024, at 2:00 PM. Doors Open at 1:30 PM.

Moody Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.moodyfuneralservices.com.