Ruth Ann Foley was born Friday, October 9, 1931 in Prairie View, Arkansas, the daughter of Reverend Robert B. and Myrtle M. Woodard Howerton, Jr. She married Palmer Foley on March 12, 1954 at Howe, Texas and worked as a Register Nurse for Baxter Regional Medical Center for 31 years. Ann lived in Mountain Home since February 1966 moving from Jacksonville, Arkansas. She was a member of the Association of Registered Nurses and Association of Operating Room Nurses and was an avid bowler. Ann Foley died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House at the age of 78. Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.