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Ruby Mae <I>Chance</I> Lea

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Ruby Mae Chance Lea

Birth
Copiah County, Mississippi, USA
Death
19 Apr 2009 (aged 95)
Burial
Sontag, Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Married Callie Curtis Lea 5-30-1939
Children:
Fay Lavon Lea b. 5-20-1943
Ronnie Chester Lea b. 12-4-1949
m. Judy Lynn Thompson b.8-31-1952

Brothers: Aubry, Denver, Buford, Curtis
Sisters: Sybil, Kathryn

Services for Ruby Mae Lea, of Sontag, were 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Sontag with burial in the church cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary provided by Faye
Mrs. Lea, 95, died April 19, 2009, at Lawrence County Nursing Center in Monticello. She was born in Copiah County on April 1, 1914, to William Morgan Chance and Esther Hall Chance.

She was a retired cattle farmer and a homemaker. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Callie Curtis "Curt" Lea; a daughter, Madge McManus; her brothers, Aubrey Chance, Denver Chance, Buford Chance and Curtis Chance; a sister, Sybil Kinchen; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild.

Survivors are her sons, Curtis Glen Lea and Ronnie Lea, both of Sontag; a daughter, Faye Frankenhiem, of Sontag; and a sister, Kathryn Moore, of Jackson; her eight grandchildren; and her 11 great-grandchildren.

--The Daily Leader April 21, 2009
Married Callie Curtis Lea 5-30-1939
Children:
Fay Lavon Lea b. 5-20-1943
Ronnie Chester Lea b. 12-4-1949
m. Judy Lynn Thompson b.8-31-1952

Brothers: Aubry, Denver, Buford, Curtis
Sisters: Sybil, Kathryn

Services for Ruby Mae Lea, of Sontag, were 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Sontag with burial in the church cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary provided by Faye
Mrs. Lea, 95, died April 19, 2009, at Lawrence County Nursing Center in Monticello. She was born in Copiah County on April 1, 1914, to William Morgan Chance and Esther Hall Chance.

She was a retired cattle farmer and a homemaker. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Callie Curtis "Curt" Lea; a daughter, Madge McManus; her brothers, Aubrey Chance, Denver Chance, Buford Chance and Curtis Chance; a sister, Sybil Kinchen; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild.

Survivors are her sons, Curtis Glen Lea and Ronnie Lea, both of Sontag; a daughter, Faye Frankenhiem, of Sontag; and a sister, Kathryn Moore, of Jackson; her eight grandchildren; and her 11 great-grandchildren.

--The Daily Leader April 21, 2009


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  • Added: Mar 20, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87077947/ruby_mae-lea: accessed ), memorial page for Ruby Mae Chance Lea (1 Apr 1914–19 Apr 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87077947, citing Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Sontag, Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by BKBK (contributor 47705417).