Ruby Brown Winter

Ruby Winter
Bruce - Ruby Gorden Brown Winter, 96 died on Monday, June 23, 2014, at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, MS.
She was the daughter of the late Early Brown and Dovie James Brown.
She was a faithful member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, where she served as Secretary and Treasurer for several years and also sang in the adult choir. After her retirement from factory work at Glenn Slacks, she and her husband founded and ran Winter Feed and Seed Store in Vardaman for fifteen years. She was well-known throughout Calhoun County for the home-cooked meals she prepared and served every day at the feed store to whomever happened to stop by.
She was a community news correspondent for The Monitor Herald for 60 years and The Calhoun County Journal for 49 years. She also served as the female chairperson for Calhoun County Farm Bureau for four years.
She is survived by her daughter-in-law Gail Hobson Winter of Ripley, MS. two grandsons, Michael Todd Winter and his wife, Sidra Patterson Winter of Pontotoc, MS. and James Ryan Winter and his wife Jenni Tompkins Winter of Grenada, MS. great-grandchildren, Chandler Beth Winter and Allie Grace Winter of Tupelo, MS. and Tripp McCrory
of Grenada, MS. and one sister, Peggy Cowsert of Bruce, MS.
A Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with the Bro.
James Brown officiating and Bro. Junior Ritchie assisting. Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Bruce, MS.
The family will receive friends from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church, , Bruce, MS.
Online condolences may be made to the family at ParkerMemorialFuneralHomes.com