Ruby Etoile Spears
1926 - 2018 (92 years)-
Name Ruby Etoile Spears Born 1926 Bounds, Calhoun County, Mississippi 
[1] Gender Female Died 6 Aug 2018 Mississippi [1] Buried Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi [1] Person ID I249 Hedges Last Modified 14 Nov 2021
Family Radford Wilson Brown, b. 27 Oct 1924, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi , d. 15 Jun 1978, Jackson County, Florida (Age 53 years) Children 1. Infant Brown, b. 26 Oct 1943, Calhoun County, Mississippi , d. 26 Oct 1943, Calhoun County, Mississippi (Age 0 years)Last Modified 20 Oct 2019 Family ID F99 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1926 - Bounds, Calhoun County, Mississippi 
Died - 6 Aug 2018 - Mississippi 
Buried - - Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Ruby Etoile Brown, 92, passed away Aug. 6, 2018, following the death of her son, Randy, 4 months earlier. Ruby was born in Bounds, MS and raised in Big Creek, MS, where she married her childhood sweetheart, Radford Brown before he enlisted in the Marine Corp to serve in WWII. She graduated from Business School in her home town, then worked in Washington, DC in a typing pool throughout the war.
After living in North Carolina and Iowa, Ruby and Rad moved their family back to Jacksonville where they were active members of HAB Church since 1956. Radford passed away in 1978.
Ruby worked at Memorial Hospital for 27 years as Insurance Supervisor and then as Financial Counselor until she retired at age 69. She enjoyed her retirement with family, friends, church, bridge, travel, her cabin in North Carolina and football.
Ruby will be remembered as a loving, devoted, inspirational and sweet wife, mother, grandmother and friend, who always showed strength of character and her strong Christian faith. She is survived by her daughters, Cynthia, Deborah and Judith, 9 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
A private family memorial was held at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Big Creek on Sat., Sept. 8, 208. Pryor Funeral Home had charge of all arrangements.
Our mother, Ruby, father, Radford and brother, Randy, are now buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Big Creek. MS.
The Journal, Bruce, MS, Sep. 12, 2018 [1]
- Ruby Etoile Brown, 92, passed away Aug. 6, 2018, following the death of her son, Randy, 4 months earlier. Ruby was born in Bounds, MS and raised in Big Creek, MS, where she married her childhood sweetheart, Radford Brown before he enlisted in the Marine Corp to serve in WWII. She graduated from Business School in her home town, then worked in Washington, DC in a typing pool throughout the war.
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Sources - [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S6] Find a Grave.