Mrs. Ruby Dubose's Obituary
RUBY ELLA DUNCAN WAS BORN TO ELIZABETH DUNCAN AND GLENNIE MCCLEOD SR. ON JULY 23, 1992, IN DESOTO, MS. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, A DEVOTED HUSBAND, ROBERT DUBOSE JR.:; A BROTHER, MICHAEL ROBERTS; CHILDREN:
BOBBIE, DELORES, AND CHESTER DUBOSE: NEPHEW, GERALDO LEE,
2 AUNTS AND 5 UNCLES.
RUBY ATTENDED SHIRLEY OWENS HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER RECEIVED HER GED FROM QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE GRADUATED FROM MORE CAREER COLLEGE WITH HIGH HONORS AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. SHE MET AND MARRIED THE LATE ROBERT DUBOSE JR. AND FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN. HER EMPLOYMENT HISTORY INCLUDES QUITMAN KINITTING MILL, HANSON SCALES.
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL, AND TJ MAX.
RUBY UNITED WITH CENTER RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1980
WHERE SHE SERVED IN THE CAPACITIES OF USHER, DIETARY PRESIDENT, PASTOR AIDE, YOUNG ADULT CHIOR PRESIDENT.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, INTERCESSORY PRAYER WARRIOR.
WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE, AND OFFICE STAFF. SHE ALSO RECIVED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN THEOLOGY FROM NEW FOUNDATION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, SHE SERVED FAITHFULLY UNTIL HER HEALTH DECLINED.
DURING THE BIRTH OF HER GRANDCHILDREN, RUBY BECAME A STAY-AT-HOME GRANDPARENT WHERE SHE TOOK CARE OF THE GRANDS WHILE THE CHILDREN WORKED. SHE WAS A VERY WISE, SMART, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND VIRTUOUS WOMAN WITH FEW WORDS AT TIMES, BUT MANY WHEN NECESSARY. RUBY WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK WHO PREPARED MANY MEALS FOR CHURCH FUNCTIONS, OUR FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY, IF YOU WERE HUNGRY, YOU COULD ALWAYS GET A HOT MEAL AT HER HOME.
SHE LEAVES HER PRECIOUS MEMORIES TO 1 SON, RICKY (VERONICA) DUNCAN: 4 DAUGHTERS RITA DUNCAN (GREG MILLER):
ROBIN (DONALD) WATTS, REGINA (BYRON) PICKENS OF SHUBUTA, MS AND ROMONA (GREGORY) JOHNSON OF WAYNESBORO, MS.
BONUS CHILDREN: ROBERT E. DUBOSE AND ELBERT (RUBY) DUBOSE OF SOUTHHAVEN, MS: DAVID DUBOSE, SHUBUTA, MS AND MINNIE SMITH, WAYNESBORO, MS, AND 1 NEICE SHE HELPED RAISE AS HER OWN, TAMANTHA DUBOSE OF SHUBUTA, MS; 37 GRANDCHILDREN, 49
GREATGRAND CHILDREN. SHE ALSO LEAVES 1 SISTER, MINNIE JASPER, BROTHERS: GLENNIE MCCLEOD JR. OF QUITMAN, MS; HER TWIN, ALVIN DUNCAN OF SHUBUTA, MS; ARTHUR DUNCAN OF MILWAUKEE, WI: CHARLES CALLOWAY OF BRANDON, MS:
FITZGERALD (KATINA) ROBERTS OF QUITMAN, MS; 3 BROTHER IN LAWS: EDWARD DUBOSE, JERRY (AMANDA) DUBOSE AND WOODROW (JOYCE) DUBOSE OF PASSAIC, NJ AND 1 SISTER IN LAW JEANNIE HART OF VIRGINIA; SPECIAL FRIEND ANDREA DAVIS OF QUITMAN, MS, PRAYER PARTNER BOBBIE HALL OF SHBUTA, MS AND A HOST OF NEICES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, FRIENDS, ANDOTHER RELATIVES ALONG WITH MANYOTHERS WHO SHE LOVED AS A MOTHER TOO.
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