Ruby Fay (Day) Beene

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Ruby was born on April 19th, 1911.  Ruby's father was William Thomas Beene and her mother was Mamie Allen Beene.  Her paternal grandfather was Reuben Warren Beene and her paternal grandmother is Mary Elvira Lindsey. She had five brothers and four sisters, named Ovin, Thomas, Elmer , Ernest, Lester, Emma Lee, Ruth, IN D. and Grace.  She was the fifth youngest of the ten children.  She died at the age of 98 on January 3rd, 2010.  She was buried in Lake Chapel Cemetery Fairfield, Texas.

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  Obituary for Ruby - Fairfield
  Ruby Fay Day, 98 of Fairfield, passed away January 3, 2010 in Fairfield. Funeral services were  held January 6, 2010 at Ward Prairie Baptist Church. Internment followed at Lake Chapel Cemetery with Bro. Louis Simpson officiating. Visitation was held January 5, 2010 from 6-8pm at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.  She was born to the late Mamie and William Beene April 19, 1911 in Freestone. After graduation from Sam Houston Teachers College, she taught in the Freestone Schools form 1935 to 1938. In November of 1937 she married Forrest Milton (Buddy)  Day and they moved to the Ward Prairie area. Here one son was born. She continued to substitute in the Fairfield school system. For some sixty plus years she was an active member and Sunday School teacher in the Ward Prairie Church. She is survived by one son, Billy Jim Day and wife Pamela; three grandchildren, John Forrest Day and wife Donna, Deborah Christine Day Whatley and husband Kent, Deniese Day McGowan and husband Richard, all live in Fairfield. Mrs. Day is also survived by one sister Grace Hestor of Dallas. Great grandchildren are Jacob Forrest Day, Justin Zwierzchowski, Ashley Whatley, Ashlee McGowan, Tristen McGowan, Dylon McGowan and Delaney Kate McGowan; numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Mrs. Day was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, brother Ovin, Roy, Elmer, Ernest and Lester Beene. Also by her sisters Emma Rogers and twin sister Ruth Pipkin. Memorial book available www.griffin-roughton.com Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home, Fairfield. 
  

Details of Ruby's family with Forrest Milton "Buddy"