Watauga County NcArchives Obituaries.....Fox, Ruby Castle  August 9, 2005
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The Elizabethton Star
Ruby Castle Fox, 91, formerly of Carter Blvd., Elizabethton, died Tuesday, 
August 9, 2005, at Hermitage Health Center following a brief illness. 

Mrs. Fox was a native of Watauga County, N.C., and a daughter of the late 
Cordelia Castle and the late C.P. Watts. In addition to her parents, she was 
preceded in death by her husband, Paul W. Fox. 

Mrs. Fox was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church where she was an active 
member of the Lunch Bunch. She was a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers 
College, having received her teacher's certificate, and had taught elementary 
schools in North Carolina before moving to Elizabethton. She was the previous 
owner-operator of Hillview Heath Center and Hermitage Health Center. 

Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Jeanette and James "Sam" 
Bradshaw and Carol and Randall Hutchins, all of Elizabethton, and Jane and 
Steve Blevins, Gray; seven grandchildren and their spouses, David and Janet 
Blevins, Elizabethton, Mark and Jenny Blevins, Pedasi, Panama, John and Pam 
Hutchins, Melanie Davis and fiancé Mark Honeycutt, Diane and Mark Hyatt, all 
of Elizabethton, Donna and Randy Dumas, Knoxville, and Jeannie and Terry 
Barker, Elizabethton; and 10 great-grandchildren, Cody Blevins, Cheanna 
Blevins, Joshua Hutchins, Michael Hutchins, Taylor Davis, Jacob Davis, Drew 
Barker, Brad Barker, Meagan Hyatt and Lauren Hyatt. Several nieces and nephews 
also survive. 

The funeral service for Mrs. Fox will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, August 
12, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Pastor Tim Tapp 
officiating. Music will be under the direction of Jerry Barnett and Mary Lou 
O'Quinn. The committal and entombment service will follow in the Mausoleum of 
Hope at Happy Valley Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1 
until 2 p.m. Friday, prior to the service in the chapel. Active pallbearers 
will be grandsons and great-grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be her church 
family, Adam Greenlee, Michael Greenlee and Jim Greenlee. A special thank you 
is extended to the staff of Hermitage Health Center for the loving care given 
to Mrs. Fox.

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