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Ruby Lee NEWMAN DURHAM

Magnolia Memorial Park Cemetery
Columbia County,
Arkansas

July 17, 1923 - October 12, 2015

Obituary:
Ruby Lee Durham, 92, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at Clinton Gardens Nursing Home.
Born July 17, 1923, she was the daughter of Nora and Arthur Newman.
Ruby resided in Rosedale for 19 years. She worked as a housemother at Glenn Boys Home in Terre Haute for several years. She also lived in Magnolia, Ark., in the late 1980s with her husband. After her husband died, she moved into Aragon Apartments. In 2010, she moved into Clinton Gardens Nursing Home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Lee Durham, in 1999; her parents; two sisters, Elizabeth and Abel Benegas (Joliet, Ill.) and Alta and Pastor Lois Grimes (Tuscumbia, Ala.); a granddaughter, Kathy Christensen (Coal City, Ill.); a grandson, Ricky Rickard (Magnolia, Ark.); nephews, Junior Newman (McNeil, Ark.) and Andy Grimes (New Port Richey, Fla.); a niece, Betty Cortez (Joliet, Ill.); and a brother-in-law, Blake Willis (Dyersburg, Tenn.).
Survivors include two sons, Edward and Joyce Rickard of Magnolia, Ark., and Wayne and Martha Durham of Stephens, Ark.; one daughter, Jewel and Bill Ray of Clinton; two sisters, Peggy Willis of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Flossie and Bob Walker of Haleyville, Ala.; one brother, Hal W. and Joyce Newman of McNeil, Ark.; 11 grandchildren; 26 great-grand children; 22 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation with the family will be will be from 5 until 8 pm at Lewis Funeral Home on Friday, October 16, 2015 Funeral service will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, October 17, 2015 with Rev. Michael Walker officiating. Burial will follow at Magnolia Memorial Park Cemetery.

Contributed on 12/3/19 by debbraszymanski
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Submitted: 12/3/19 • Approved: 12/3/19 • Last Updated: 12/6/19 • R1284641-G1284640-S3

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