From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 10:16 PM
To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Ruby Mae Smith, 2002, Boyle & Mercer Co. 

>From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 21 July 2002

Ruby Mae Ford Smith, 64, of Loudon Avenue, Lexington, formerly of Danville,
died Friday at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center.

Born Jan. 1, 1938, in Taylor County, she was the daughter of the late John
Frank and Audrey Ford. She was a homemaker and attended Bethel Baptist
Church. She was a member of the church choir and had attended Bate High
School.

Survivors include her husband, William Smith; two daughters, Sherry L.
 Smith and Katrine Young of Lexington; four brothers, Ottis Ford of
Turnersville, Gerald Ford of Dayton, Ohio, and Cecil and Walter Ford,
both of Danville; a sister, Opal Johnson of Danville; and three grandsons.

Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Danville by
the Revs. Richard Hill and Ronald L. Burns. Burial will be in Hilldale
Cemetery.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Smith-Jackson Funeral Home and from
11:30 a.m. to time of service Wednesday at the church.

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