Mary Ruth Richardson, 82 of Elkhorn City, Ky. passed away at the Mt. View Health Care Center on Sunday, Sept. 6.  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, 2:00 from the East End Freewill Baptist Church in Elkhorn City.  Visitation will be after 6:00 Tuesday at the church with James Branham, Roger Parsons, Terry Gibson and Ronald Ratliff officiating.  Burial will follow in the Elkhorn City Cemetery.  Mary is the daughter of the late Chester and Elsie Hutson Richardson.  She was also preceded in death by brother, Delmar and several brothers and sisters who died in infancy.  Mary is survived by a host of special friends and her “adoptive family” the Branham’s.