Ruby Geiger Page

Ruby Page was born Ruby Mae Geiger on August 3, 1932 in Jacksonville, Florida.

She spent her growing up years there with her parents, Thomas and Eloise Geiger and

her eight siblings.

The Page family will greet friends from 10:00 AM until 10:45 AM, Saturday, the 20th of July, 2024 at Trinity Nazarene Church, 12610 Steele Creek Road, Charlotte, NC. A service to Celebrate her life will follow at 11:00 AM at the Church.

She wrote that when she was a year old, her 19-year-old mom “knelt at an altar in a

Nazarene tent meeting revival and by God’s grace was gloriously saved. That tent

meeting changed the direction of our lives. Our mother set her mind toward God and

never turned back.”

As the second oldest child, she often helped with her younger siblings while keeping

up with her own schoolwork, but in January 1948, at the age of 15, Ruby moved to

Nashville to finish her sophomore year at Trevecca High School, where she met a

handsome young guy named Odie Page.

At the end of that school year, Ruby moved back to Jacksonville and spent a year out

of school helping take care of her sick mother, but returned to Trevecca High School

(and Odie), graduating in 1951. She then moved back home and worked at Florida

National Bank until she and Odie married on January 22, 1952.

In the spring of 1957, they moved to Charlotte, where Ruby kept the home running

smoothly while Odie worked odd shifts as an air traffic controller.

Along with raising Linda and Greg, Ruby was deeply involved in the life of the church

(as was Odie). Over the years, she sang in the choir, served in the local church as a

Sunday School teacher, SS superintendent, teen director, children’s director,

missionary president, and in her later years, she was a greeter and missionary reading

book secretary.

Perhaps her greatest impact on the lives of young people was due to her decades-long

involvement in NC youth camps. She served as a counselor, and for many years was

the NC district camp director.

While Ruby was involved in many leadership roles in the church, she will likely be

remembered most for her hospitality—not just for Sunday dinners and other hosting

events, but for her hospitality. She embodied the essence of true hospitality—choosing

to practice grace with others, even those outside the church walls—treating outsiders

like insiders, following the example of Christ.

She wrote, “The wonderful Grace of God—no one needs to be outside of His Grace.

He’s still in the life-changing business, and I give thanks for God’s wonderful Grace.