Lois Ruth Nuckolls Withrow, 85, of Odessa was born January 29, 1924 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009 in Midland. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at First Baptist Church in Midland. Family will receive friends at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home in Midland on Monday, May 18, 2009 from 6:30-8:30 pm.Lois grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She attended Tonkawa Jr. College, where she met her future husband, Russell E. Withrow.Lois and Russell were married on October 23, 1945, and moved to Abilene, Texas in August 1949. They lived and raised their five children there for twenty-three years, before moving to Midland in April 1972.Lois was preceded in death by her parents, Ellis Virgil and Dora Kathleen Hunsaker Nuckolls, brother Joe Nuckolls, sister Virginia Perrin, by her daughter Kathy Withrow Miller, and by her husband of over 61 years, Russell Withrow.She is survived by children Mark (Jennifer) Withrow, Frisco, TX; Rebecca (Mark) Ingram, Highland Village, TX; Stephen, Midland, TX; and Sara (Keith) Hall, Yukon, OK; grandchildren Matthew Withrow, Laura Lyn (Clint) Nichols, Elliott and Elyce Fry, Brian and Adam Miller, Katie and Jeff Ingram, and Samantha and Sawyer Hall; great-granddaughter Emery Lyn Nichols; sister Mary Francis Hedrick, Bethany, OK; brother Bobby Nuckolls, and sisters-in-law Maxine Johnson, Dodge City, KS and Charlotte Withrow, Overland Park, KS; and numerous nieces and nephews.Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Midland, PO Box 2621, Midland, TX 79702.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,