Ruby Jean SANFORD
- Born: 6 Sep 1929, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV 68
- Marriage: Joseph Austin "Jay" SMITH Jr.
- Died: 29 Aug 2005, Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV at age 75 68
- Buried: 9 Sep 2005, Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 68
General Notes:
The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, Sunday, 4 September 2005
Ruby Jean Smith, 75, of Beckley, formerly of Rainelle, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Born Sept. 6, 1929 in Rainelle, she was a daughter of the late Mazie and Cleve Sanford.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.A. ?Jay? Smith, on Nov. 24, 1990, with whom she had maintained a Nationwide Insurance office for many years. She was a member of the Rainelle United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Susan Jean Smith; her lifelong friend, Jan E. Cerva of Las Vegas, Nev.; one son, Jim Jay Smith and his wife Joann Smith of Las Vegas, Nev.; and three brothers, Rayborne Sanford of St. Albans, Raleigh Sanford of Smoot, and Charles Rex Sanford of Piedmont, S.C.
Memorial services will be held Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 at 12 noon at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Chapel, Rainelle, with Pastor Charles Stevens officiating. Burial of her ashes will follow in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.
Friends may call Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Chapel, Rainelle.
The family suggests memorial donations to your favorite charity.
Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle.
Ruby married Joseph Austin "Jay" SMITH Jr., son of Joseph Austin SMITH Sr. and Myrtle Amanda McCLUNG. (Joseph Austin "Jay" SMITH Jr. was born on 7 Feb 1927 in Greenbrier Co., WV 46 and died on 24 Nov 1990 in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV 55.)
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