Irene McBride

                                                                                 Irene Ruth McBrideATHENS Irene Ruth McBride, 87, of ATHENS died Tuesday evening, February 7, 2006 at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital.She was born December 1, 1918 in Griffithsville, WV, and was the daughter of the late Rufus and Myrtle Stone Woodrum.She was raised in Albany and was a graduate of Albany High School.  She moved to ATHENS -hortly thereafter, where she met and married her late husband, Thomas "Ed" McBride. Irene worked for the better part of two decades at Rollerbowl Lanes, coordinating the junior leagues and managing the snack bar.  Later in life, she also assisted for several years as an office clerk for the ATHENS county Fair.  She briefly served as a housemother for Chi Omega Sorority at Ohio University. She is survived by three sons, Thomas E. McBride Jr. of Cramerton, NC, Jerry A. (Janet) McBride of Rockledge, FL, Jon L. (Karen) McBride of Kearney, NE; seven grandchildren, Rebecca Smith of Pittsboro, NC, Jacqueline McBride of Raleigh, NC, Ed McBride of Huntington Beach, CA, Michelle McBride of Tampa, FL, Eryn and Kyle McBride both of Kearney, NE; two great grandsons, Jacob and Sawyer Smith of Pittsboro, NC; one brother, Ralph Woodrum of Lancaster; and many nieces and nephews.Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters, Alva Mason, Madge Harless, Okey Woodrum, Leonard Woodrum, Kesley Woodrum, Orb Woodrum, Donald Woodrum, and Altha Woodrum.Services will be Saturday at 11 AM at Hughes-Moquin Funeral Home with Rev. John Longard officiating. Burial will be at AthensMemory Gardens.Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 6 to 8 PM.You may send a message of sympathy to the family at www.hughesmoquinfuneralhome.com.