Ruth Beauchamp Core

Ruth “NeeNee” Beauchamp Core, 98, our much loved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother peacefully passed from her home in Folsom to her eternal home in Heaven on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. She is currently singing praises to her Savior and Lord Jesus Christ and glorifying Him forever. Ruth was born in Baton Rouge on August 13, 1921, to Mattie Young Beauchamp and Stephen Ogden Beauchamp. Her beloved husband, Harvey Ray Core, Sr., went home to Heaven in 1989. Her parents, her sisters, Alda Tassin and Hilda McCollister, and her grandson, Jay Fredrick Sims, Jr., also predeceased her. Ruth was the very loving and mother of Sharon Ruth Sims (Jay), Betty Rae DeGreeff (Ray), Harvey Ray Core, Jr. (Cindy), and Brenda Gale Jenkins (Dale). She is also survived by nine grandchildren whom she loved dearly — Misty Jenkins Saldi (Chris), Beau Core Jenkins (Tammy), Jaime Sims Leach, Willie Ray Core (Andree), Natalie Jenkins Deggans (Chris), Ryan Lane Core (Kaci), Jennifer Sims Brown (John Mark), Rebekah Rae DeGreeff, and Raymond Stephen DeGreeff (Hannah). She was great-grandmother to Cade Saldi, Talianna Saldi, Taylor Sims, Cameron Jenkins, Cheyenne Jenkins, Isabel Jenkins, Madison Leach, Morgan Stanley (Dylan), Maya Leach, Julius Lachin, Adrien Lachin, Wren Major, Core Deggans, Graham Deggans, Smith Deggans, Briar Core, Sawyer Core, Lilah Brown, Emmit Brown, and Ruth Ann DeGreeff. Ruth had one great-great-grandchild, Hastings Stanley. She is also survived by her brother-in-law, Gary Willie Core, and several nieces and nephews. Ruth accepted Jesus as her personal Savior and Lord at a young age and enthusiastically served Him in a wide variety of capacities in her local church. At various times she was a Sunday School teacher, Training Union Director, Study Course (Bible Study) teacher, WMU president, Prayer Chain coordinator, and Vacation Bible School teacher, in addition to serving on many committees. In her youth, Ruth was an active member of Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. For the last 58 years, she has been an active member of Red Bluff Baptist Church in Folsom. Ruth graduated from LSU with Math and Commerce degrees. She used those skills working at Harding Field in the Baton Rouge area during World War II and then at Standard Oil, where she was responsible for calculating employee seniority. For several years, she kept the books for her husband’s company, Harvey Core Contracting Company. Ruth then taught math, English, and various other subjects in the St. Tammany School system at Madisonville Jr. High and Lee Road Jr. High for more than twenty years, before retiring in 1989. Ruth’s family was always her focus and she loved and cared for all of them very well, sacrificially putting her family’s welfare before her own. The family would like to extend abundant thanks to Frances Fussell, who helped Ruth in an array of capacities for 31 years. Ruth truly loved her as a daughter. Frances’s kind and loving care for Ruth was truly an amazing blessing. The family would also like to thank Jaime Leach and Lacey Rainey for their excellent care of Ruth for the last two years of her life, as well as her hospice nurse, Amie Thompson, and the rest of the staff of St. Tammany Parish Hospital Hospice. A Celebration of Ruth’s Life will be held at a later time, once state regulations allow. Memorial contributions may be made to Red Bluff Baptist Church, 15204 Hwy 1078, Folsom, LA 70437 or online at www.rbbclife.org .

Ruth Beauchamp Core

August 13, 1921 - May 27, 2020