Ruby was an associate at Morgan and Lindsey (variety store) and retired from Conroe ISD as the cafeteria supervisor and bus monitor for Travis Junior High. She was married to Charles Edward Gaskin in Conroe from July 13, 1950 until his death November 15, 1988. She then married Melvin Jones in Conroe August 31, 1990 and they were married until his death March 3, 2011. She was a loving Christian, caring wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who enjoyed being with family and traveling.
Ruby was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, her daughters Linda Diane Gibson and Deborah Lynn Spencer, her son Edwin Gaskin and her 10 siblings.
Ruby is survived by her son Charles E. Gaskin, Jr. and wife Twyla; her grandchildren Jennifer Lynn Rodriguez, Kimberly Dawn Gaskin, Amanda Gayle Gaskin, and Walter Thatcher, V; great grandchildren David Edward Gaskin, Brian Scott Gallion, Orion Riley Rodriguez, Phoenix Reign Rodriguez and Kaiden Paul Merson. Numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and friends are also left to cherish her memory.
A visitation for Ruby will be held Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Groceville, 19256 FM 1484, Conroe, Texas, 77303 followed by a celebration of life at 11:00 AM with Rev. Curtis Hallford officiating.
Graveside service and interment will be at 3:00 PM at Marquez Cemetery, TX-7, Marquez, Texas, 77865. Those serving as pallbearers are Brian Gallion, Orion Rodriguez, Phoenix Rodriguez, Walter Thatcher, V, Zane Bullard, Paul Cannon, Charles “Freddy” Walters, III, and Clay Gaskin, and David Gaskin as Honorary Pallbearer.