Ruby Spraggs

Ruby Spraggs BUNCOMBE–Ruby Spraggs, 90, of Buncombe passed away at 6:00 PM, Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Helia Heathcare Center in Carbondale. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, November 1, 2008, at the Blue Funeral Home in Goreville with Brother Jim Shipley officiating. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM until the time of the service on Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Masonic Cemetery in Cyrpress. Memorials may be made to Mt. Zion Church; envelopes are available at the funeral home or may be sent c/o Blue Funeral Home, PO Box 411, Marion, IL 62959. Mrs. Spraggs was born February 5, 1917 in Murphysboro to Sylvester and Ethel (Boucher) Johnson. She married Woodrow Wilson Spraggs on September 23, 1939 in Charleston, Missouri; he preceded her in death on June 25, 2003. Survivors include her children, Kathryn Lindsey of Carbondale, Bonnie and Gerald Sullivan of Goreville, Richard and Linda Spraggs Kentucky, and Jo Ann and Donald Laminack of Benedy; grandchildren, Cindy and Tom Ellicott, Jeanne and George Wiedlocher, Debbie and Mike Buesking, Bob and Jennifer Lindsey, Frank and Michele Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Lorie Laminack, Rick and Sandy Spraggs, Tom and Bill Spraggs and their mother, Diana Yates, and Mary and Amanda Spraggs; great grandchildren, Amy, Erin and Dylan Ellicott, Caleb and Lauren Ellicott, Rebecca and Kristoffer Wiedlocher, Molly and Sammuel Buesking, Libby Lindsey, Josh and Destenie Sullivan, Zach Sullivan, Tyler, Hannah and Allison Sullivan, Kelsey Laminack, Brenden and Clayton Spraggs; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Gene and Beulah Spraggs, Robert and Betty McClintock, Flo and Howard Hughes, Mary Whitehead, and Phyllis Overton; aunt, Virginia Halstead; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son, Steve Spraggs; son-in-law, Raymond Lindsey; and an infant sister. Mrs. Spraggs was a member at Mt Zion Church in Buncombe. After her husbands death she lived at their home in Buncombe for a short time before bad health caused her to leave her home, since then she has made her home at Helia Healthcare of Carbondale. There she made many friends; we can’t name them all so we will not try. In your heart you all know who you are and how much she loved you. We really appreciate the love and care you gave to her during her time there.