Mrs. Virginia Ruth Torbett, 93, passed away quietly and peacefully at her home in Marlin, Texas on September 4, 2012. Services will be 2:00PM Saturday, September 8, 2012 at Adams Funeral Home Chapel in Marlin with Rev. Jeff Stull officiating. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00PM to 8:00PM Friday, September 7, 2012 at Adams Funeral Home.Mrs. Torbett was born June 12, 1919 in Marlin, TX to Elgin Samuel and Marcia Ford Hays. She was a homemaker and enjoyed playing the piano, playing bridge with her friends, traveling, and spending time with her extended family. Virginia devoted countless hours of her time doing volunteer work at the VA Hospital and was active in community activities and her church. She joined the First United Methodist Church in Marlin in May of 1929 at the age of nine (9).She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Oscar Lee Torbett, Jr., son, Jon Ashby Torbett, sister, Vinnie Margaret Cernosek, and brother, Edward Hays.Survivors include her sons, Oscar Lee (Sonny) Torbett, III; Michael Glenn Torbett and wife Judy; brother, Glenn Hays; grandchildren, Donas Criswell, Tara Deck, Loralee Farmer, Amanda Kiraly, Salina Martinez, Leslie Torbett, Jon Torbett and wife Laura, 12 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews also survive.Over the last five years, she was lovingly cared for by her four devoted caregivers, Margie Parker, Rita Mozee, Dolly Cobb, and Elizabeth Bumgardner.Pallbearers will be her great-grandsons, Tristan Deck, Jordan Deck, Hughes Cowart, Zebulun Criswell, Dillan Farmer, and Andrew Martinez.Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Ray Evans, Willis Reese, Bill Sams, Jeff Watkins, Norman Erskine, and Edward Hays, Jr.In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to The First United Methodist Church Organ Fund, 411 Coleman St. Marlin, TX. 76661.Arrangements made by Adams Funeral Home, Marlin, Texas.