Ruby Easter Odom Perkins, age 100, was called home by our Heavenly Father on October 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, October 21, 2017 in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Mt. Mizpah Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service in the chapel.
Born in Chatham County, North Carolina on April 6, 1917, Ruby is the daughter of the late William Henry Harrison Odom and Loretty Garner Odom. She retired from Dixie Cup Company after 29 years. Ruby was the author of many poems, published two books, and was a frequent writer to the letters to the editor of the Florence Morning News and The News and Press, for always standing up for the Kingdom of God, and the unborn babies who needed someone to speak for them.
She was predeceased by her husband, Lewis Franklin Perkins Sr; a sister, Bessie Estel Odom Chriscoe, and three brothers, William Dewey, Shelly Henry Taft, and Shafter Harrison Odom. She is survived by her son, Jimmie Harrison Perkins (Marguerite); preceded in death by two sons, Lewis Franklin Perkins Jr. and Tommy Eugene Perkins. Ruby leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the staff of Morrell Nursing Center for the great care given to Ruby during her stay
Born in Chatham County, North Carolina on April 6, 1917, Ruby is the daughter of the late William Henry Harrison Odom and Loretty Garner Odom. She retired from Dixie Cup Company after 29 years. Ruby was the author of many poems, published two books, and was a frequent writer to the letters to the editor of the Florence Morning News and The News and Press, for always standing up for the Kingdom of God, and the unborn babies who needed someone to speak for them.
She was predeceased by her husband, Lewis Franklin Perkins Sr; a sister, Bessie Estel Odom Chriscoe, and three brothers, William Dewey, Shelly Henry Taft, and Shafter Harrison Odom. She is survived by her son, Jimmie Harrison Perkins (Marguerite); preceded in death by two sons, Lewis Franklin Perkins Jr. and Tommy Eugene Perkins. Ruby leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the staff of Morrell Nursing Center for the great care given to Ruby during her stay
Ruby Easter Odom Perkins, age 100, was called home by our Heavenly Father on October 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, October 21, 2017 in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Mt. Mizpah Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service in the chapel.
Born in Chatham County, North Carolina on April 6, 1917, Ruby is the daughter of the late William Henry Harrison Odom and Loretty Garner Odom. She retired from Dixie Cup Company after 29 years. Ruby was the author of many poems, published two books, and was a frequent writer to the letters to the editor of the Florence Morning News and The News and Press, for always standing up for the Kingdom of God, and the unborn babies who needed someone to speak for them.
She was predeceased by her husband, Lewis Franklin Perkins Sr; a sister, Bessie Estel Odom Chriscoe, and three brothers, William Dewey, Shelly Henry Taft, and Shafter Harrison Odom. She is survived by her son, Jimmie Harrison Perkins (Marguerite); preceded in death by two sons, Lewis Franklin Perkins Jr. and Tommy Eugene Perkins. Ruby leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the staff of Morrell Nursing Center for the great care given to Ruby during her stay
Born in Chatham County, North Carolina on April 6, 1917, Ruby is the daughter of the late William Henry Harrison Odom and Loretty Garner Odom. She retired from Dixie Cup Company after 29 years. Ruby was the author of many poems, published two books, and was a frequent writer to the letters to the editor of the Florence Morning News and The News and Press, for always standing up for the Kingdom of God, and the unborn babies who needed someone to speak for them.
She was predeceased by her husband, Lewis Franklin Perkins Sr; a sister, Bessie Estel Odom Chriscoe, and three brothers, William Dewey, Shelly Henry Taft, and Shafter Harrison Odom. She is survived by her son, Jimmie Harrison Perkins (Marguerite); preceded in death by two sons, Lewis Franklin Perkins Jr. and Tommy Eugene Perkins. Ruby leaves behind many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the staff of Morrell Nursing Center for the great care given to Ruby during her stay
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