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Corsicana Daily Sun - Jan 19, 2007


Rubye Lee

Rubye Lee, born Oct. 24, 1910, was the daughter of Carl and Willie Cam
Clark of Streetman. She passed away Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007, in Dallas.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Lee; her parents; her 
sisters, Bernice Howell and Ora Mae Webb; her nephew, Max Webb; and 
niece, Carolyn Grubbs.

She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Lynn and Bill Luther 
and Peggy and Larry Smith; grandsons and their wives, Brad and Grazyna 
Smith, Byron and Gena Smith, Steve and Libby Luther, Stan Smith and his 
fiancee Dina Phillips; four great-grandchildren, Judson and Allison 
Luther and Lauren and Alexandra Smith; and two nephews and their wives,
Hulen and Dorothy Howell and Dr. Jerry and Joan Webb.

Rubye loved her God, her church, her family and teaching. She taught 
fourth grade at Travis Elementary until she retired and was a longtime 
member of A.D.K., a teacher’s sorority. She also taught Sunday school 
and training union at First Baptist Church. She traveled with the Best 
Yet Club and was a member of the Solid Rockers senior choir. She was
still a faithful church member until she broke her hip at age 93. She 
lived her beliefs and blessed all who knew her.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Chapel
with B.F. Risinger Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at Birdston 
Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Don Floyd, Don Harvey, Judson Luther, Steve Luther,
Billy Hoyt Moore and Stan Smith.

Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.

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Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home website adds this info:

Visitation will be Friday evening from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Griffin-Roughton 
Funeral Home in Corsicana. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, 
January 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with
burial at Birdston Cemetery in Streetman, Texas.