ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: THIGPEN, RUBY LEACH Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La. Died Friday, April 15, 2011 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== THIGPEN, RUBY LEACH (October 4, 1916 - April 15, 2011) ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2011/st1104.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== Ruby Leach Thigpen passed away on Friday, April 15, 2011. Beloved mother of Wanzie Thigpen Morgan (Paul); loving grandmother of John Morgan (Jennifer), Stacey Fletcher (Kenny) and David Morgan (Rachel); and loving great-grandmother to Maggie Morgan, Molly Morgan, Ashley Fletcher, Kelly Fletcher, Rudd Morgan and Cooper Morgan. She was preceded in death by her husband Carey Thigpen; mother, Maude Anthony Leach; father, Colman Leach; two sister, Aylean L. Roark and Joy Leach; and two brothers, Hoy Leach and Coleman John Leach. Age 94 years, she was a native of Many, LA, a former resident of Baton Rouge for some 40 years, Franklinton for some 20 years and the remainder of her life in Covington. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral service at First Baptist Church of Mandeville, 1895 Hwy 190, Mandeville, LA. 70448 on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM. Visitation AT THE CHURCH on Thursday will beginning at 9:00 AM. Interment will follow in Springhill Magee Cemetery in Franklinton. ===================