Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Ruby Shirah Maples 1992

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Obituary of Ruby Shirah Maples 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 20 Nov 1992.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Ruby Shirah Maples, 87. of Richmond Hill, formerly of 
Camilla, died Thursday morning, 19 Nov 1992, at the Liberty Manor in Midway. Funeral 
services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, 21 Nov 1992 at Hopeful Baptist Church with 
the Rev Douglas Rumley and the Rev Joe Holden in charge. Burial will be in the hopeful 
Cemetery.  Born 9 Jan 1905, in Mitchell County, Mrs. Maples was the daughter of the 
late George W. and Martha McCloud Shirah.  She was a retired lunchroom supervisor 
and a retired farmer.  She was the wife of the late James B. Maples.  She was a member 
of the Hopeful Baptist Church.  Survivors include a daughter, Betty Timmons of 
Richmond Hill; two sons, B. E. Pope of Wauchula, Fla., and Ernest Pope of Corona 
Delmar, Cal.; a step daughter, Iona Lee of Leesburg; three step sons, Woodrow Maples of 
Zepher Hills, Fla., J. E. Maples of Camilla and Tom Maples of San Meto, Cal.,; two 
sisters, Sadie Taylor of Camilla and Lucille Jackson of Brookfield; 15 grandchildren, a 
number of great grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren.  The Parker 
funeral Home had charge of arrangements.