Peter Ruffin

Valhi Blvd. Extension Underway
January 18, 2012
Council restricts multi-colored tombs
January 23, 2012
Valhi Blvd. Extension Underway
January 18, 2012
Council restricts multi-colored tombs
January 23, 2012

Peter “Milkman” Ruffin, 77, a native of Houma, La., and resident of Patterson, La., died at 10:10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.


He is survived by his wife, Brenda Ruffin; sons, Anthony (Samantha) and Alphonso Ruffin, Gary (Vanessa) Francois, Peter, Leslie and Timothy Lewis and Jessie Johnson; daughters, Shelia Little, Bernadette McCray, Gerenda Bradford and Angela Griffith; stepdaughters, Christian Boulanger, Connie Roberson, Claudine Jennings and Cora Butler; brother, Rev. Roosevelt (Gwen) Cox; sisters, Etta Bourgeois, Catherine Paul, Myrtle Bouttee and Ida Brown; 42 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Good Hope Baptist Church in Patterson with services to follow. Burial will be at Patterson Memorial Cemetery. (Jones)

Peter Ruffin