Ruth Elizabeth Champion Glover

Ruth Elizabeth Champion Glover, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, entered eternal happiness with God our Father, at home with her family on James Island on June 24, 2017. Her funeral service will be held Friday, June 30, 2017 in Grace Church Cathedral, 98 Wentworth Street at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday in J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Downtown Chapel, 232 Calhoun Street from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Ruth was born Oct. 12, 1926, the daughter of Joseph David and Alice Letitia Spell Champion. Ruth Champion married U.S. Navy veteran Francis St. Clair Glover of Charleston on April 12, 1947, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. They were blessed with 3 daughters, Lynda, Lydia and Ruth-Anne.

Ruth and her sister Ruby (Hanf Hetrick) lived with their parents in Charleston, and later entered the Charleston Orphan House, where "Babe Ruth" played shortstop for the Charleston Butterflies girls softball team, and also won the Bennett School Gold Medal for Scholarship, Attendance, Conduct. A graduate of Memminger High School, and Stokes (Palmer) Business School, Ruth then held administrative positions at MUSC and Bell Telephone Systems.

Ruth was an active member of The Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul. She was awarded the South Carolina Order of the Palmetto by Governor James B. Edwards. Ruth served her community as Chairman of both the Charleston County Election Commission and the James Island Public Service District Commission. She was elected to serve on Charleston County Council. Politically, she was elected as a South Carolina delegate to 3 Republican National Conventions. She served as Chairman of both the Charleston County Republican Party and the First Congressional District Republican Party. Mrs. Glover held membership in the National Assoc. of Women in Construction, American Business Women's Assoc., Toastmasters, League of Women Voters, and local Republican Women's Clubs. She retired from Dodge Reports/ McGraw-Hill Information Systems as District Architectural & Construction News Reporter and Plan Room Manager.

Ruth Champion Glover championed the many people she befriended, as well as the causes she embraced. Her civic-mindedness and outspokenness encouraged people to take active roles of dialogue and participation in their community and government, throughout Charleston, the Lowcountry and the state of South Carolina.

Ruth is survived by her three daughters: Lynda G. Leonard, Lydia E. Glover, and Ruth-Anne G. Hammes (Roman B. Hammes, III) Also surviving are her grandchildren: Michel Hammes (Cary Jones), Rutledge Hammes (Tiffany), Andrew Hammes (Jacqueline), Roman Hammes (Jennifer), Claire H. Loy (Brandon), Dayne Hammes, Abram Hammes and Drayton Hammes; and eight great-grandchildren. They treasure fond memories of her abounding wonder, captivating storytelling, and whimsical ways! Ruth endeared herself to many acquaintances and family members with her joyful resounding of "Hallelujah! Amen!"

Memorials may be made to Carolina Youth Development Center, 5055 Lackawanna Blvd, N. Charleston, SC 29405 or Lowcountry Lutheran Hospice, 1885 Rifle Range Rd., Suite 46, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.