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September 9, 2019
We loved you Ms. Ruby Dee.
May 2, 2019
We loved you
Minny
November 8, 2018
Thank you
August 5, 2017
LOVE YOU so much Ruby Dee thank you for being a champion not just for our people but all people you will be truly missed! LOVE AND BLESSINGS your impact and light will never dim.
Truly, CDJ, NBNY!
P C
October 27, 2016
Happy birthday to the great, the amazing Ruby Dee. I never met you but I know you were an amazing woman and I hope that both you and Ossie are enjoying your life in the afterlife.
Valenda Newell
June 26, 2016
What a ICON? With all due respect the BEST of the BEST...she had the look, the husband and she had TRUE ACTING ABILITY!...Ruby you were truly an superb ACTRESS, you gave us your all....Many blessings..RIP...MY SISTER
DR. GLORIA HEARN RUFFINS
January 28, 2016
WHAT A DIFFERENCE ONE LIFE MADE. REST IN PEACE DIVA RUBY DEE.
December 3, 2015
Love you love you
Sparkle Hopson
June 12, 2015
Rest in paradise ruby you will be missed
Lena Williams
February 1, 2015
Rest in peace.
friend of
January 31, 2015
Release you with open arms in heaven.
November 20, 2014
A lovely and fascinating civil rights activist and actress. You will be missed but not soon forgotten. I hope God Almighty comforts your family. 2 Cor. 1:3-7.
Bertie H
October 4, 2014
A classy actress in her own right who will be sadly missed. May the God of comfort help your family in this stressful time.Psalm 83:18
faye daley
September 24, 2014
Love u an ur husband God love u all best sip
September 24, 2014
I shall miss that beautiful voice, warmth, fight for civil rights, and contributions to the theater and film world. Guy, my heartfelt condolences to you and your family. My prayers and thoughts through this very tough period . Your mother was a great person, and she shall live on in my heart forever. Stay strong...
James Warden
necey robinson
September 22, 2014
Rest in. peace
Ursula Salley
September 21, 2014
You will be very missed,such a beautiful lady...r.I.p
linda davis
September 19, 2014
Beautiful respectable lady u truly missed
September 16, 2014
My heartfelt condolences to Guy Davis and all of Ruby Dee's family and loved ones, and I pray she can rest in peace forever -- she gave so much of herself for so long. Sincerely,
Sundra Jean (“Sunny”) Williams
LAWRENCE GREENE
September 6, 2014
WE REMEMBER RUBY/OSSIE FROM MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY; UNDER THEN THE DIRECTOR, DR. NATHAN CARTER, ALL RETIRED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
CLASS OF 1991
La Tonya M
August 24, 2014
R.I.P. Your light will truly be missed. You were a great inspiration to all. The love you had, for injustice, for your people will truly be missed! I pray that Ossie Davis and your memory live on through others. Will have you both in my heart forever...
Roslyn D. Williams
August 19, 2014
Our shining light has dimmed take your rest and I'm sure your reward. You were more than a great actor, you were Mother, Love, Peace, Strength and Grace. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Alma Straw
August 19, 2014
RUBY DEE YOU ALWAYS INSPIRED THE BEST IN PEOPLE YOUR SPIRIT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER... NOW YOU AND OSSIE ARE ON THAT BIG STAGE IN SKY TOGETHER AGAIN.
REA
August 1, 2014
Ruby Dee was truly an amazing person with so much talent the loss is clearly ours. Prayers fill our hearts while singing praises to God asking him to let us never forget the love we have for this wonderful person gone from our lives never forgetting the joy we shared experiencing a great and authentic talent. Hebrews 6:10.
Gloria Dabbs-Mann
July 22, 2014
Dear Ms. Dee thank you for your contribution to film and the Civil Rights Movement of Black Americans!
Rachel Harris
July 20, 2014
RIP Mrs. Ruby! You will be missed but never forgotten.
JR Mack
July 19, 2014
You left your mark all over this world, and it will never be the same because you showed up....truly a life well lived!
George Evans
July 14, 2014
Rest In Peace!!! You will be truly missed.Love u forever.
George Evans
July 14, 2014
Rest In Peace!!! You will be truly missed.
George Evans
July 14, 2014
You will truly be missed.
Cathy J
July 14, 2014
I will always remember the beautiful smile and caring heart.That you and your family shared with us just seeing you all for so many years. Has inspired me and my husband to want to be like you all happily in love till death do us part. You are 1 in a million you will be deeply missed here on earth. I know you are still smiling in heaven rest on beautiful QUEEN.
Kimani
July 5, 2014
Job well done Ms.Dee. I am sure Our Lord is pleased! R.I.H.....
July 2, 2014
“For here I am creating new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be called to mind, neither will they come up into the heart." Isaiah 65:17. Comforting words to help us appreciate God's willingness to rectify our losses, allay our fears, and diminish evil acts of any kind here to come forever.
Lee Worley
July 2, 2014
Love you Ruby forever you and Ossie were my heroes you carried great strenghth for our brothers and sisters.I will always celebrate your energy and your life.
Mary Marshall
July 1, 2014
Ruby Dee and her beloved Ossie Davis are together again for all eternity. Together they spoke for so many whose voices might never be heard. The world is better because of their support for human, civil and social rights for all people. Condolences to the family. Rest in Glory Ruby and Ossie.
Zenith Marie Upshaw
June 30, 2014
I am sadden by the passing of Ruby Dee, she was a great actress and even greater activist for human rights. I would like to offer my condolence to Ms. Dee's family. May she rest in peace rest in peace in the loving arms of Christ our Lord.
Edwina Wilson
June 30, 2014
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Alexis Nelson
June 29, 2014
We were ALL Blessed by your spirit and your gifts. You and your Soul Mate, the Great Ossie Davis have comforted my soul throughout my life. You both will remain in my heart and prayes forever! Im comforted knowing that the two of you are now our Angels...
EDWARD KEETON
June 29, 2014
Celebrating a life well lived. We will cherish the memories forever.
Joyanne O'Connor
June 28, 2014
Rest in peace with your beloved Ossie.
Lorna Wilson
June 27, 2014
In memory of the great life...the spirit lives on.
Geraldine Matthews
June 25, 2014
Mrs. Dee and Ossie Davis inspired me for life. I was an early college student at Washington University and Mrs. Dee came to St. Louis and was always transparent and down to earth. She is a bridge that has carried me over. God bless you family.
June 24, 2014
Your legacy will be felt forever...
John X. Lewis
Torrance, CA
June 24, 2014
To The Dee Family
Dear Family,
I celebrate the life and legacy of your Beloved with you. Ms Dee was an angel on loan to us and she used her talents, treasures and time to transform humanity. She will be greatly missed. May your hearts not be troubled as you believe to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I shall keep you in my prayers.
Sincerely,
Reverend Edith M. Shokes
Atlanta, Georgia
teresa matthew
June 24, 2014
God has received a angle she was a beautiful lady !!! I remember her growing up her and her husband so much class!!! Praying for the family!!!
Debra Harris
June 23, 2014
Good bless you.
June 23, 2014
the greatest of all times, Luv You very much, Taylor of Tennessee
June 22, 2014
A very strong and powerful woman. Rest in peace.You will be missed.
Erica
June 21, 2014
She was a inspiration to a lot of people and Ms.Ruby Dee will definitely be missed. I pray that God's Holy Spirit be with the family to help strengthen them at this hard time.
Lorraine Thompson
June 21, 2014
My thought and prayer goes out to the family at this time. Rest in peace Ruby Dee.
Eunice D.
June 20, 2014
What a beautiful love story and life story Ruby Dee and her husband had! They saw the need for equality and justice, and their belief in this Godly principle was a motivating force in their lives. In harmony with this, a wise man once wrote; “I perceive to a certainty that God is not partial, but in every nation he who fears him and practices righteousness is acceptable to him."
Tina Webb
June 20, 2014
Ms Ruby, thank you for being such a great example of excellence in our community and in my life. Rest in peace. we love you
Tina Webb (Ft. Lauderdal, L)
PE
June 20, 2014
With deepest sympathy to the Davis Family;
May the Hearer of Prayer grant you strength, courage and teh sweetest peacee during your time of sorrow. And may you always cherish the many fond memories of times spent with Mrs. Ruby Dee.
Diane Welburn
June 19, 2014
Rest in Peace, Ms Dee.
Abbi Tubbs
June 19, 2014
I have always admired and appreciated Mrs. Davis as well as her husband the late Ossie Davis. God bless.
Abbi Tubbs
June 19, 2014
I have always admired and appreciated Mrs. Davis as well as her husband the late Ozzie Davis. God bless.
Ms.stones
June 19, 2014
Ms Ruby Dee you shined like gold, reminising your guest appearance on The Golden Girls the level of your craft were capture manificently, everything you touched turned to GOLD...rest in peace Ms. Dee . Sadly missed.
Minister Troy L Freeman
June 18, 2014
You will be well missed your Glamour and Passion of Life R.I.P. Minister Troy L. Freman & Family! you may be gone but never forgotten Love you Ruby Dee
MARCHELLE GRANT
June 18, 2014
I LOVED YOU IN EVERY MOVIE YOU EVER ACTED IN. YOU ARE A VERT CLASSY LADY I LOVE YOU RUDY DEE!!!!! REST IN PEACE!!!
RR
June 18, 2014
My deep condolences
In the near future God promises to put an complete end to death
Eva Rivers
June 18, 2014
May your beautiful smile give us comfort and your soul rest in peace.- Eva M. D. Rivers-Statesboro Ga.
K Johnson
June 18, 2014
My Condolences....
June 18, 2014
R.I.P Ms Ruby Dee
Alice Bowens
June 18, 2014
When I graduated from Harriet Beecher Stowe aka PS 136, along with PS 139, in June of 1963 Ruby Dee was our Mistress of Ceremony at Riverside Church in NYC. I will always remember how proud I was that such a woman found the time to speak at our graduation about the importance of education and our futures. She was and always will be an inspiration.
Sandy Richardson
June 17, 2014
I was blessed to have met her and talked her. Mrs Ruby Dee talk to me like I was friend she knew for a long time. She didn't think she was better then Me ,It was blessing to talk to her. I met her at a book signing. We talked again at the Apollo on two occasions. May God bless your family with strength to hold on. A Queen went to meet her King again
donald seymore
June 17, 2014
Rest in heaven ruby dee
EARL MCKINNEY
June 17, 2014
THE LORD HAS SPOKEN,WE SEND MUCH LOVE KEEP LOOKING UP
Rita Haynes
June 17, 2014
The Lord called a beautiful angel home. You & Ossie are together again. God bless you & your family. RIP LADY DEE
The Carters
June 17, 2014
Ruby Dee left a legacy of great value, a respectable model to guide our steps, and a love story that epitomized true commitment. It is sad to say that we are losing all our valuable role models who were self-defined women, women of principle, women who had something of value to share. Thank goodness we still have Almighty God's word to guide us through life's paths. (Psalm 119:105). My heartfelt condolences to her children and grandchildren left behind; my family and I feel so indebted to both Ruby and her husband for their presence and the wisdom they have imparted!
GwenDolyn Yarboroughall
June 17, 2014
To the family...
Imagine the reunion...Ossie waiting to escort his Ruby into eternal life with God. Oh, what a rejoicing that will be. Now, her spirit is free to be!
Thank you Father God for creating such a wonderful person to be on this earth who shared the gifts you gave her to us all.
Essie Love
June 17, 2014
This was one classy Lady. Rest In Peace Ruby, and thanks for a job well done. showing what one person can do.
June 17, 2014
Ruby Dee was a pillar in our community that can never be replaced. Julia Preston, Evergreen Park, IL
Rev. Belinda M. Curry
June 17, 2014
R.I.P. Mrs. Ruby Dee.
I have been inspired by your work to make this world a better place for all people.
Nikita Hawkins
June 17, 2014
Ruby Dee and Ossie, I've always said they had the best relationship. The love poured off the screen, I remember them in Spike Lee's movie. She will be missed. Warm thoughts to the Delta's in honor of your sister.
Sandra Hollinger
June 17, 2014
Words cannot express how much you will be missed! Grew up with you since 1953. Heaven has gained an angel!
Hattie
June 17, 2014
The creator of comfort will bri ng comfort . To you snd youv.b
Zeus W.
June 17, 2014
Rest In Peace, beloved Ruby. Your works have made "the" difference. All you have done, is to make us all proud!!! Peace & Blessings to the Family...
lashondra cook
June 16, 2014
She will b so miss. God bless u all
Jan
June 16, 2014
RIP Ruby Dee. Thoughts & prayers for your family. Your phenomenal talent, radiant smile, love of humanity were an inspiration to all, no matter color, ethnicity or creed. The love & respect that you & Ozzie Davis showed for one another was beautifully touching & sooo sweet. United now in Heaven, you both will share your love, kindness & indomitable spirit with the angels. God bless you.
Kathy & Buddy & Our Cat Family
June 16, 2014
Forever in our hearts....we love you....prayers for the family
Darya Flagg-Moore
June 16, 2014
Deepest Sympathies to the Family! We have lost one of our brightest LIGHTS! Let us strive to continue her legacy. Let not all she has done be in vain! This was an incredible Black and we honor her in passing, as we have done so in living! Pay attention young Black Women of America! This is how you should aspire to live your lives!!!! Our beloved Ruby Dee has passed on but her light will forever shine!
M. Louise
June 16, 2014
Ecclesiastes 3:12 tells us that it is good to rejoice and to do good during one's life.
Elaine Ellis
June 16, 2014
This is a new beginning. A journey we must all take.
June 16, 2014
MAY THE LOVE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER TOUCH THE LIVES OF ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED MS.RUBY DEE..DEATH IS NEVER EASY,BUT OUR FATHER HAS THAT WELL IN HAND.HE HAS SAID THAT HE WILL CALL,THE DEAD WILL ANSWER...JON.5:28,29.....DEE
Carolyn Murray
June 16, 2014
To The Family,
Ms. Ruby Dee will forever live in our hearts & minds, another beautiful black star of a life time has gone to the land of milk & honey with GOD. Her & her beloved Ozzie Davis are once again united in the eternal hereafter. RIP Ms. Dee, we will miss you.
Donna Shepherd
June 16, 2014
To the Family, Sorry to hear about the loss of this great lady. She was such a good actress with a voice that I love to hear when she spoke. May the Lord give you comfort during this time of sorrow. A fan........
Vivian
June 16, 2014
A remakable WOMAN!
J. M. Carroll
June 16, 2014
Rest in Peace Ms Ruby Dee.
May God bless your family.
We have lost another Legend,
and will miss her dearly.
PAMALA/CHARLES FIZER
June 16, 2014
**OUR**SINCERE**
**CONDOLENCES**TO**THE**FAMILY**OF**MRS**OSSIE**DAVIS**RUBY**DEE
**MUCH**LOVE**
Debra Hawkins
June 16, 2014
Lovely, Lovely Woman, who lived her life with integrity, respect and devotion. No one finer than Ms. Ruby Dee. We all should be honored that we were graced with her presence. Beautiful she was.
Wilma Scott
June 16, 2014
Another Legion Has Slipped Away From Among Us! Your Legacy Will Forever Live On Through Your Great Works! Sleep In Peace! You Are Now Reunited To The Love Of Your Life Externally! Gone But Never, Ever Forgotten!
Xaviera Patrick
June 16, 2014
Another legend lost but I'm glad to have witnessed the love you and your dear husband shared for one another. I appreciate you fighting for rights and opportunities for our African American community. May you rest peacefully beautiful soul.
David Bilby
June 16, 2014
An inspiration to all! Rest In Peace.
Carol Jenkins
June 16, 2014
You will be missed you were one of a kind love always sleep on
June 16, 2014
God I'd opening his hand and satisfying the desire of every living thing. Psalm 145:16
June 16, 2014
We have lost a true treasure. My hope and prayer is that your family find some comfort during this time of lost.
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