Sponaugle, Ruby Mae Davis
Passed: 2012-03-15
Age: 82
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 2012-03-20
Information: Ruby Mae Davis Sponaugle, 82, a former resident of Sandyville, and for the past seven years, a resident of Parsons, passed from this life Thursday morning, March 15, 2012, at Cortland Acres Nursing Home. She had been in declining health. She was born Tuesday, March 11, 1930, at Osborne Mills, a daughter of the late William Henry Davis and Bessie Mary Groves. On June 15, 1949 at Spencer, she was married to John F. (Tib) Sponaugle, who survives in Parsons. Ruby was a graduate of Herbert Hoover High School in Clendenin, was a homemaker, and had worked as a custodian for the Jackson County Schools. She had been a member of the Drift Run United Methodist Church in Jackson County for forty-eight years and had attended the Parsons Church of God since moving to Parsons. Ruby is also survived by four daughters, Rosemary Petersen and husband Joseph R. of Paragon IN, Melissa O'Brien and husband David of Westerfield OH, Valerie Sponaugle of Vineland NJ, and Amelia Barmoy and husband Michael of Lawrenceville VA; seven grandchildren, Christy Holloway of Flagstaff AZ, Joseph M. Petersen of Greenwood IN, Stephanie Hobson of Lynchburg VA, John Taylor of Nelsonville OH, Joshua Barmoy, Jared Barmoy and Jefferson Barmoy, all of Lawrenceville VA; six great-grandchildren, Kyle Skinner of Patricksburg IN, Maxwell Arnold, Margaret Mae Arnold, and Jackson Arnold, all of Flagstaff AZ, Alexander Petersen and Benjamin Petersen, both of Greenwood IN; and one sister, Betty Myers of Santa Fe TX. Ruby was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Ashley. Visitation was held at the Summerfield Funeral Home in Parsons on Saturday from 5 until 8 pm. Funeral services were held from the funeral home chapel on Sunday, March 18, 2012, at 2:30 pm. The Reverend Eli D. Hostetler officiated and interment followed at Brights Chapel Cemetery at Dry Fork. The Summerfield Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements.