Ruby R Whitaker Hurst

RUBY R. “LITTLE RUBY” HURST, AGE 86 OF TAZEWELL, TN WAS BORN APRIL 24, 1924 AND PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 10, 2011. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF CAVE SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A DETERMINED, COMPETITIVE, ENTERTAINING AND FUN LOVING WOMAN. IN HER YOUNGER YEARS SHE WALKED FROM HER HOME IN CAVE SPRINGS TO THE COURTHOUSE TO WORK AT THE CLAIBORNE COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE. WHILE HER HUSBAND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, RUBY WORKED AT THE Y-12 PIN OAK RIDGE, MANAGED THE FAMILY FARM AND CARED FOR HER NEW BORN DAUGHTER. SHE WORKED AT DONLINS SPORTS WEAR FOR TWENTY YEARS AND AT WAL-MART FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS. WHILE WORKING AS A STOCKER AT WAL-MART, IT WAS SAID SHE COULD OUTWORK TWO MEN. WHILE WORKING A FULL TIME JOB AT DONLINS, SHE SOLD AVON PRODUCTS. SHE EARNED A GED AT THE AGE OF 57, THE SAME YEAR HER YOUNGEST CHILD GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND KENNETH HURST; SONS KENNETH WAYNE “BUDDY” HURST AND DENNIS “DAG” HURST; DAUGHTER WANDA JOHNSON; GRANDSON BRANDON “B.J.” LONG; SISTERS ROXIE WARREN AND INEZ REECE; BROTHERS CLAY WHITAKER AND DEWEY WHITAKER JR; PARENTS DEWEY WHITAKER AND MAE WHITAKER TOWNSLEY.

RUBY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS: LUCY MOYERS AND FIANCÉE JAMES ALLEN, JOYCE (DOUGLAS) YOUNG, SHARON (STEVE) MCGUIRE, SON-IN-LAW: BOB JOHNSON; GRANDCHILDREN: TERESA (BRIAN) LEMARR , KATHY (JOE) ASHER, LEIGH YOUNG, JENNIFER (STEVIE) SNODGRASS, DOUG LONG, ANDREW HURST, MATTHEW YOUNG, LAURA HURST, KENNETH (KENT) MCGUIRE, BENJAMIN MCGUIRE AND JEFFERY MCGUIRE; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: STEPHAINE PETREY, MICHAEL LEMARR, WHITNEY PETREY, TYLER SNODGRASS, KAYLA FULTZ, CODY LEMARR, JAMES SNODGRASS, LILLIE BELLE HURST; STEP- GRAND CHILDREN: JENNIER (SCOTT) ROSE, PHILLIP (KATIE) JOHNSON, BRANDY (REX) CALEB AND MICHELE (DANNY) PARKER, SISTERS: NAN THOMAS AND JAYNE WILDER; BROTHER: GENE TOWNSLEY; SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS; SPECIAL FRIENDS: LILLIAN PACE AND RUTH JOHNSON.

THE FAMILY RECEIVED FRIENDS FROM 1 UNTIL 3 P.M. ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2011 AT THE COFFEY FUNERAL HOME. FUNERAL SERVICE FOLLOWED AT 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY IN THE COFFEY FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REV. JIM BLEVINS AND REV. KENNY WILLIAMS OFFICIATING.

BURIAL WAS IN THE CAVE SPRINGS CEMETERY..

SINGERS: DAVID PAINTER AND BARBARA HATFIELD.

PALLBEARERS: GRANDSONS: DOUG LONG, MATTHEW YOUNG, ANDY HURST, KENNETH MCGUIRE, MICHAEL LEMARR, BENJAMIN MCGUIRE, JEFFREY MCGUIRE, AND CODY LEMARR.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS: NEPHEWS: JACKIE HURST, EDDIE RAY HURST, RONNIE HURST AND SPECIAL NEPHEW, JASON HURST.

COFFEY FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.