Mildred Ruth Kirby, 85, of McMinnville died Wednesday, May 15 at N.H.C. Health Care Center in McMinnville. She was born Nov. 9, 1927, in White County and was a retired factory worker, a homemaker, and a member of the Church of Christ at Bybee Branch. Mrs. Kirby was preceded in death by parents, Arthur Lane and Dora Ann LaFever Cunningham; husband, Clarence Kirby, Jr.; son, Allan Wayne Kirby; daughter-in-law, Deanna Adcock Kirby; sisters, Beulah Mae Cunningham and Ruby Stockman; and a brother, Kenneth Cunningham.Survivors include son, Eddie Kirby; daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Troy Sullens; grandchildren, Shelley Wanamaker, Matt Kirby, Chris Sullens, and Carey Mullican; great-grandchildren, Gage, Linley, and Paisley Wanamaker, Kadynce and Alex Kirby, Lexi and London Sullens, and Knox Mullican, sisters Myrtle Lee, Loraine Stone, Lillian Jones, Rowena Caperton, Edna Hill, and Sue Vaughn, and a brother, Arthur Lane Cunningham, Jr.Funeral service was held Saturday, May 18 in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel.