Ruby Roy

Connersville resident, Ruby Roy, 93, died Wednesday evening, October 25, 2017, at Premier Healthcare in Connersville. An Owsley County, Kentucky native, Ruby was the daughter of Henry and Louise Addison Reece, born January 9, 1924. She was a member of the Baptist church in Kentucky and moved to Connersville in 1967 to be near her family. Ruby had been employed at Philco-Ford for a few years. She enjoyed gardening, fishing and had been a collector of dolls. Ruby was a very loving and generous person. Visitors were always offered food and something to take with them when they left. Ruby is survived by her daughters: Bernice Ross, Linda Spencer and her husband, Troy, all of Connersville; her siblings: George Reece and his wife, Betty of Franklin, Ohio; Willard Reece of Booneville, Kentucky; Donald Reece and his wife, Carolyn of Beattyville, Kentucky; Billy Reece of Beattyville, Kentucky; Naleen Combs of New Carlisle, Ohio; her grandchildren: Tony Spencer, Kenneth Marcum, Eddie Ross, Lisa Smith, Pamela Burk, Paula Jo Belknap; several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Ruby is preceded in death by her first husband: Raymond Marcum; her second husband: Edwin Roy; her son Kenneth; her daughter: Ruth Ross; siblings: Pearl Solomn, Beulah Bowman, Robert and Estil Reece, Dorothy Bowman and Gola Mae Todd. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, October 30, 2017, at Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home, Myers Chapel, Connersville. Interment will follow in Dale Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home from 1 p.m. Monday until the time of service. For additional information and to send condolences or memories, go to www.ShowalterBlackwellLong.com.