Ruby Milstead

Ruby Milstead

Ruby Milstead Obituary

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Dec. 22, 2011.
MILSTEAD, Mrs. Ruby Mae Moore, age 87, of Warsaw, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. She was the widow of Otho "Red" Milstead after 63 years of marriage and a member of Warsaw Church of God. Survivors are her sons, Larry Milstead and his wife, Leslie, of Annapolis, Md., Gary Milstead, of Virginia Beach, Michael Milstead, of Warsaw, and Mark Milstead and his wife Anne, of Warsaw; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great- grandchildren. Mrs. Milstead was preceded in death by her son, Roger Dale. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2011 at the Welch Funeral Home, Marks Chapel with interment in the Warsaw Church of God Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Marks Chapel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 22, 2011. Memorial contributions may be made to the Warsaw Church of God, 37 Church Lane, Warsaw, Va. 22572. Online condolences may be made at welchfuneralhomeva.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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