Ruby Maurine Bennett King Johnson, age 89, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon.
Ms. Johnson was born on March 30, 1934, in Philippi, W.Va. to the late Dorsey Bennett and Viviani Ruth McQuain Bennett. Ruby was the oldest of nine children and helped raise them.
She married the late Clayton Frank King in 1951 while he was serving in the Marine Corps. They lived in Macon, while stationed there until 1952, then returned to West Virginia. They left West Virginia due to a lack of work and moved to parts of Ohio. In 1967, they moved to Jasper County.
They loved to travel, having traveled to Canada, Germany, and at least 22 states of the United States. She also took special care with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After Clayton passed in 1989, she married Bromer Leonard Johnson in 1993 until his death in 2005.
Before retiring in 1999, she was a rural mail carrier for the U. S. Postal Service in Gray and Haddock. She also helped her husband, Clayton run the King's Gulf Service Station and King's Shoe Repair Shop in Monticello; and was a former bus driver and lunchroom cook for the Monticello High School.
She was a member of the Older American Senior Citizens Center, 4-H Club, a Girl Scout Leader, a Sunday school teacher, the Back Porch Gang, and women's outreach at Hillsboro Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by baby boy King and daughter, Martha Inalee King Brinson; and brothers, Dorsey Lynn Bennett and Delbert Wade Bennett.
She is survived by her children, Robert Perry King of Hillsboro, Darlene Frances King (Robert, Jr) Keith of Hillsboro and Cathy Queen Bryant of Hillsboro; step-sons, Darrell Johnson and Lenny Johnson; grandchildren, Larissa Yell, Christina Fair, Brian Beveridge, Heather Greene and Becky Chester and Jason Brinson; great-grandchildren, Coty Cantrell, Levi Cantrell and Clayton Oxford; and one great-great-granddaughter, Anna Grace Oxford. Also, sisters and brothers, Faye Isner, Beulah Bartlett, Delores Lambert, Donna Harris, Donald Bennett and Roger Bennett; a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, at Hillsboro Baptist Church. Interment will be held in Fullerton Memorial Gardens. Pastor Len Woodard will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, at Jordan Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be Alvin McMichael, Dennis Pate, Scott Poteet, Clayton Oxford, Mitchell Vinson and Rob Alexander.
Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visit its website at www.jordanfuneralhomemonticello.com.
Ms. Johnson was born on March 30, 1934, in Philippi, W.Va. to the late Dorsey Bennett and Viviani Ruth McQuain Bennett. Ruby was the oldest of nine children and helped raise them.
She married the late Clayton Frank King in 1951 while he was serving in the Marine Corps. They lived in Macon, while stationed there until 1952, then returned to West Virginia. They left West Virginia due to a lack of work and moved to parts of Ohio. In 1967, they moved to Jasper County.
They loved to travel, having traveled to Canada, Germany, and at least 22 states of the United States. She also took special care with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After Clayton passed in 1989, she married Bromer Leonard Johnson in 1993 until his death in 2005.
Before retiring in 1999, she was a rural mail carrier for the U. S. Postal Service in Gray and Haddock. She also helped her husband, Clayton run the King's Gulf Service Station and King's Shoe Repair Shop in Monticello; and was a former bus driver and lunchroom cook for the Monticello High School.
She was a member of the Older American Senior Citizens Center, 4-H Club, a Girl Scout Leader, a Sunday school teacher, the Back Porch Gang, and women's outreach at Hillsboro Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by baby boy King and daughter, Martha Inalee King Brinson; and brothers, Dorsey Lynn Bennett and Delbert Wade Bennett.
She is survived by her children, Robert Perry King of Hillsboro, Darlene Frances King (Robert, Jr) Keith of Hillsboro and Cathy Queen Bryant of Hillsboro; step-sons, Darrell Johnson and Lenny Johnson; grandchildren, Larissa Yell, Christina Fair, Brian Beveridge, Heather Greene and Becky Chester and Jason Brinson; great-grandchildren, Coty Cantrell, Levi Cantrell and Clayton Oxford; and one great-great-granddaughter, Anna Grace Oxford. Also, sisters and brothers, Faye Isner, Beulah Bartlett, Delores Lambert, Donna Harris, Donald Bennett and Roger Bennett; a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, at Hillsboro Baptist Church. Interment will be held in Fullerton Memorial Gardens. Pastor Len Woodard will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, at Jordan Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be Alvin McMichael, Dennis Pate, Scott Poteet, Clayton Oxford, Mitchell Vinson and Rob Alexander.
Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visit its website at www.jordanfuneralhomemonticello.com.
Ruby Maurine Bennett King Johnson, age 89, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon.
Ms. Johnson was born on March 30, 1934, in Philippi, W.Va. to the late Dorsey Bennett and Viviani Ruth McQuain Bennett. Ruby was the oldest of nine children and helped raise them.
She married the late Clayton Frank King in 1951 while he was serving in the Marine Corps. They lived in Macon, while stationed there until 1952, then returned to West Virginia. They left West Virginia due to a lack of work and moved to parts of Ohio. In 1967, they moved to Jasper County.
They loved to travel, having traveled to Canada, Germany, and at least 22 states of the United States. She also took special care with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After Clayton passed in 1989, she married Bromer Leonard Johnson in 1993 until his death in 2005.
Before retiring in 1999, she was a rural mail carrier for the U. S. Postal Service in Gray and Haddock. She also helped her husband, Clayton run the King's Gulf Service Station and King's Shoe Repair Shop in Monticello; and was a former bus driver and lunchroom cook for the Monticello High School.
She was a member of the Older American Senior Citizens Center, 4-H Club, a Girl Scout Leader, a Sunday school teacher, the Back Porch Gang, and women's outreach at Hillsboro Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by baby boy King and daughter, Martha Inalee King Brinson; and brothers, Dorsey Lynn Bennett and Delbert Wade Bennett.
She is survived by her children, Robert Perry King of Hillsboro, Darlene Frances King (Robert, Jr) Keith of Hillsboro and Cathy Queen Bryant of Hillsboro; step-sons, Darrell Johnson and Lenny Johnson; grandchildren, Larissa Yell, Christina Fair, Brian Beveridge, Heather Greene and Becky Chester and Jason Brinson; great-grandchildren, Coty Cantrell, Levi Cantrell and Clayton Oxford; and one great-great-granddaughter, Anna Grace Oxford. Also, sisters and brothers, Faye Isner, Beulah Bartlett, Delores Lambert, Donna Harris, Donald Bennett and Roger Bennett; a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, at Hillsboro Baptist Church. Interment will be held in Fullerton Memorial Gardens. Pastor Len Woodard will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, at Jordan Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be Alvin McMichael, Dennis Pate, Scott Poteet, Clayton Oxford, Mitchell Vinson and Rob Alexander.
Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visit its website at www.jordanfuneralhomemonticello.com.
Ms. Johnson was born on March 30, 1934, in Philippi, W.Va. to the late Dorsey Bennett and Viviani Ruth McQuain Bennett. Ruby was the oldest of nine children and helped raise them.
She married the late Clayton Frank King in 1951 while he was serving in the Marine Corps. They lived in Macon, while stationed there until 1952, then returned to West Virginia. They left West Virginia due to a lack of work and moved to parts of Ohio. In 1967, they moved to Jasper County.
They loved to travel, having traveled to Canada, Germany, and at least 22 states of the United States. She also took special care with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
After Clayton passed in 1989, she married Bromer Leonard Johnson in 1993 until his death in 2005.
Before retiring in 1999, she was a rural mail carrier for the U. S. Postal Service in Gray and Haddock. She also helped her husband, Clayton run the King's Gulf Service Station and King's Shoe Repair Shop in Monticello; and was a former bus driver and lunchroom cook for the Monticello High School.
She was a member of the Older American Senior Citizens Center, 4-H Club, a Girl Scout Leader, a Sunday school teacher, the Back Porch Gang, and women's outreach at Hillsboro Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by baby boy King and daughter, Martha Inalee King Brinson; and brothers, Dorsey Lynn Bennett and Delbert Wade Bennett.
She is survived by her children, Robert Perry King of Hillsboro, Darlene Frances King (Robert, Jr) Keith of Hillsboro and Cathy Queen Bryant of Hillsboro; step-sons, Darrell Johnson and Lenny Johnson; grandchildren, Larissa Yell, Christina Fair, Brian Beveridge, Heather Greene and Becky Chester and Jason Brinson; great-grandchildren, Coty Cantrell, Levi Cantrell and Clayton Oxford; and one great-great-granddaughter, Anna Grace Oxford. Also, sisters and brothers, Faye Isner, Beulah Bartlett, Delores Lambert, Donna Harris, Donald Bennett and Roger Bennett; a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, at Hillsboro Baptist Church. Interment will be held in Fullerton Memorial Gardens. Pastor Len Woodard will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, at Jordan Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be Alvin McMichael, Dennis Pate, Scott Poteet, Clayton Oxford, Mitchell Vinson and Rob Alexander.
Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visit its website at www.jordanfuneralhomemonticello.com.
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