Ruth Maude Norwood Bailey Averett, 87, a lifetime resident of Granville County passed away Friday, January 29, 2016 at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham.

A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Thomas Norwood and Annie Maude Thomas. She was a longtime member of Olive Grove Baptist Church and retired from Mt. Hope Finishing Company.

Funeral Services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor by Rev. Jonathan Barber, Rev. Jack Hollowell and Rev. Mack Timberlake, Sr. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Gardens.

Surviving is a daughter, April Bailey Miller of Henderson, four sons; Joseph David Bailey of Creedmoor, James Brooks Bailey of Roxboro, Danny Monroe Bailey of Wake Forest, Jerry Wayne Bailey of Northside, a sister, Lucille N. Brogden of Oxford, a brother, Dan Norwood of Northside, twelve grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husbands, Dorsey Brooks Bailey and Walter Claude Averett and four sisters and six brothers.

Visitation will be held Monday evening February 1, 2016 from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. at Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor and at other times at her home.

Flowers accepted or memorials can be made to Olive Grove Baptist Church, 3024 Olive Grove Church Rd., Creedmoor, N.C. 27522.