Ruba Maxine Bragg Leonard Poncy, 100 and eleven months, a Christian, Peacefully passed away on March 21, 2021, in Rockwall, Texas. She was born on Easter Sunday, April 4, 1920 in Ravenden, Arkansas with 4 inches of snow on the ground. She moved to Dallas with her family at the age of 13, in 1933 during the Depression. She married John William Leonard in 1937 and had three children – Karen Sue, John William Jr., and Turney Philip Randall (Randy) Leonard. Her second marriage to Gerald Dwayne Poncy produced two children – Roger Dwayne and Cindy Wynnette Poncy. She was a mother and homemaker; and worked part time for El Fenix Restaurants, several ladies clothing stores, and after her children were grown, Texas Instruments, and retired as a very successful Real Estate Broker.
She is preceded in death by both husbands, her parents: Wm. Henry and Effie Kell Bragg; a brother Wm. Henry Bragg, Jr.; three sisters: Elsie Marie Bragg, Gladys Hansen and Louise Chapman. She is survived by five children, eldest to youngest: Karen Anderson, John Leonard, Randy Leonard, Roger Poncy and Cindy Cervine; one sister, Joyce Marshall: 12 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.
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