Funeral Service for Irene Ruffin McIntosh, age 71, was held Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 2:00pm at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Butler, AL with Rev. McSellin Ray officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Irene was born September 30, 1950 to the late L.C. and Ella Ruffin.She departed this earthly life on September 5, 2022 at Anderson Hospital
in Meridian, MS. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard McIntosh; three brothers, Louis Ruffin, Eddie Jackson,  and James Ruffin; and one brother-in-law, Will Pennington.

Irene confessed Christ at an early age and joined Mt. Olive Baptist Church where she remained a faithful member until her health began to fail.

After high school, she relocated to Detroit, MI where she worked as a CNA. She later returned to Alabama where she worked in a sewing factory and GOCO's Convenient Store for many years. Irene was an honorary member of the Angels on Earth organization.

She leaves to cherish her memories: two children, Duane Ruffin and Acosta Ruffin, both of Butler, AL; grandchildren, Duane Ruffin, Tyderious Ruffin, Brellvon Ruffin, and Duarron Ruffin; great grandchildren, Kaiden and Kaisen Ruffin; two sisters, Betty Pennington of Ft. Wayne, IN and Joyce Ruffin of Butler, AL; two brothers, Grant (Angela) Ruffin of Yantley, AL and Arenzo (Charlene) Ruffin of New Mexico; one aunt, Onita Jackson; godmother, Margie Crowell; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and special friends