Ruby Esta Gillum Folk (1913-2005)
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Posted: 08/26/05 - 12:09:58 am EDT
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Ruby Esta Gillum Folk, age 93, of Lake Panasoffkee, Fla., formerly of Ashland, Ky., died Tuesday evening, Aug. 23, 2005, in Osprey Point Nursing Facility in Bushnell, Fla.
She was born June 28, 1913, in Sandy Hook, Ky., a daughter of the late J.M. and Allie Davis Gillum.
A loving homemaker and a member of the Undenominational Christian Fellowship Church, she was the last survivor of 13 children.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Eloise Osborne of Lake Panasoffkee; a son, Chuck Folk of Tennessee; four grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 22 great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland by Glenn Gasser. Burial will be in Rose Hill Burial Park.
Friends may call from noon until 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhomes.com.