Funeral service for Rita Fay Rutland will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, at Calvary United Pentecostal Church, with burial in the Rutland Family Cemetery. Visitation is from noon until the time of service.

Mrs. Rutland, 62, of Ruth, passed from this life August 20, 2022. She was born in Tylertown, MS, July 21, 1960, to Hollis Pate Lambert and Alma Adams Lambert Greer. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed embroidery and traveling, but her favorite way to spend time was with her family. She was a member of Calvary United Pentecostal Church.

Mrs. Rutland is preceded in death by her husband, John Patrick “Pat” Rutland; daughter, Melody Nicole Travis; grandson, Austin Allen Travis; parents; Hollis and Alma Lambert; and brother, Henry Pate Lambert.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Devin Rutland and Kevin Rutland; daughter, Tiffany Rushing (Jesse); sisters, Sandra Rutland (Braxton), Robyn Polk (Allen); 11 grandchildren, Nikki Martin (Cody), Alana Howard (Jeff), Dustin Travis; Danielle Buckley (Lucas), Hunter Callendar (Macie), Hannah Rayborn (Cody), Harley Rutland, Patrick Rutland, Hollis Rutland, Hazlee Rutland, Piper Rutland; five great grandchildren, and other loving family members, Phillip, Mary, Macie, and Marlee Moore and Ellis Howell.