Ruth E. Wilson, 73, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at Independence Regional Health Center. Services will be 2 pm Saturday, February 28th at George C. Carson & Sons Funeral Home; with interment in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Friday from 7 to 8:30 pm at the funeral home. Ruth was born October 29, 1930 in Carroll County, MO to Robert and Ola Thomas. She was office cashier for T.G.&Y. in Independence for 15 years and office cashier for Marshall�s for 11 years. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Hadley Wilson in 1985, and is survived by her daughters, Patty Sims and Stacey Steele; a son, Ed Wilson, all of Independence, MO; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; a brother, Robert L. Thomas of Warsaw, MO.