Rosetta Rutherford aka Mommy, Baby Sister, Big Rose, and Granny was born March 3, 1942, in Asheville, North Carolina to the late Coley and Carrie Rutherford.

Rosetta moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1949 and lived in Woodlawn and later moved to Lincoln Heights. She attended South Woodlawn School which later became Lincoln Heights Elementary. She worked at Cox's Restaurant of Lincoln Heights, Candleglow Inn of Sharonville and did domestic work. She accepted Christ at a young age and attended Ebenezer Second Baptist Church.

Rosetta had eight children, five sons, Lawrence, Mark, Paul, Wade and Kenneth (Lynn); three daughters Cherry, Joyce (deceased) and Jacqueline (Jack).

Rosetta was the world to all of her grandchildren and family. She was very kind, considerate, loving and very forgiving. The whole community loved her. She was known as the Granny of the community. Rosetta loved to cook and was known for her homemade pound cakes, cheese cake and coneys. Her hobbies were reading, needle point, working puzzles, drawing, whispering, listening to jazz, decorating, shopping, playing numbers, arts and crafts and planning family gatherings. She also loved the Cincinnati Bearcats, Bengals and Lakers.

Rosetta leaves to cherish her memory two brothers; Bennie (Cheryl) Rutherford, Ganzlee, two deceased brothers Clarence and Jerome; three sisters Mamie (David-Deceased) Williams, Coretta Rutherford and Francine (Ted) Stinson, 15 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren, along with a host of nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.

Visitation is from 10:00 am until 11:00 am, on  Saturday, August 11, 2018, at the Walker Funeral Home, , 7272 Hamilton Avenue , Mt. Healthy  (45231).   The funeral service will immediately follow the visitation beginning at 11:00 am.

Interment will follow at Landmark Memorial Gardens, 1600 Glendale Milford Road , Cincinnati, Ohio 45215.

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Walker Funeral Home, 7272 Hamilton Avenue, Mt. Healthy 45231 is serving the  Rutherford family.  Please call (513) 251-6200 or visit www.WalkerFuneralHome.com for additional information.