Obit of Ruby Ann South (s300) - Roger Mills County, OK 28 Aug 2002
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Surnames: South, Montgomery, McClure, Albright, Hall, Wherritt, Foster 

Originally posted at:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4965

Ruby Ann South, daughter of Rollin Columbus McClure and Nancy 
Josephine Montgomery McClure was born February 28, 1896 near the 
town of Port in Washita County, Oklahoma and departed this life on 
September 21, 1994 while a resident of the Leedey Nursing Center at 
Leedey, Oklahoma.  She was 98 years, 6 months and 23 days of age at 
the time of her passing.

As a child, Ruby attended the school in Port and completed grade 
school and later attended high school in Sentinel, Oklahoma.

On September 4, 1912 she was united in marriage to John Phillip 
South at Cordell, Oklahoma.  The couple established their first home 
near Cordell and resided there until approzimately 1920.  At that 
time Mr. and  Mrs. South moved to a farm near Leedey, established 
their home and raised their four daughters, Emma lorraine, Johnnie 
Mac, Ina Lee and Ruby Aliene and their son, Billy Ray.

Mrs. South took pioneer pride in her role as homemaker to her 
husband and children and was the foundation for their well being.  
She nutured her family with love, her garden, her orchard and by 
shouldering a partner's share of the farm work.  She also found time 
to raise flowers and establish and maintain a beautiful yard about 
her home.

At an early age, Mrs. South was baptized and became a member of the 
Bapitst Church.  From the time she moved to Leedey she was a member 
of the First Baptist church of Leedey and remained an active member, 
participating in its celebration of Christ through her entire life.  
She delighted in her own Sunday School class, in teaching other 
classes and in reading and studying her Bible.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John South; by 5 
sisters, Sammie, Addie, Ira, Ethel and Johnie, by 4 brothers, 
Arthur, Ned, Joe and Ray and by 1 great grandson, Lynn Moore.

Mrs. South is survived by her daughters, Emma Albright of Leedey, 
Johnie Morian Hall of Leedey, Ina Wherritt of Thomas, Oklahoma and 
Alene Foster and her husband, Paul of Norman, Oklahoma; by her son 
Bill South and his wife, Betty of Leedey; by 12 grandchildren, 24 
great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren; by a number of 
nieces and nephews and by other beloved relatives and a host of 
friends.

Services were at First Baptist Church, Leedey, Oklahoma on Saturday, 
September 24, 1994 at 2:00 p.m.

Interment was in the Evergreen Cemetery, Leedey, Oklahoma.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK