Ruby Walters

Ruby Bingham Walters VIRGINIA BEACH - Ruby Bingham Walters, 87, died Nov. 16, 2010. She was born Sept. 7,1923 to Frank and Lura Bingham in Cove Creek, N.C. She was the eldest of 11 children. Her husband, Jack S. Walters and brothers, Gordon Bingham, Jack Bingham, Tom Bingham, and Jimmy Bingham preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughter, Maria Elena Walters of Virginia Beach; her son, Jack S. Walters Jr. of Richmond, Va.; five sisters, Mary Anne Eldreth of Bluff City, Tenn., Sarah Henderson of Abington, Va., Dorothy Sue Hagy of Cutler Bay, Fla., Jane Moser of Rolla, Mo., and Julia Davis of Williamsburg, Va.; and one brother, Richard Bingham of Augusta, W.Va. She graduated from Meadowview High School in Meadowview, Va. She was a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps and graduated from Duke University School of Nursing as a registered nurse. She was a former employee of Kellum Funeral Home's Pleasant Hall Chapel. Ruby was the first president of the Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital's Volunteer Corp and a longtime hospital volunteer. She was a member of Great Neck Baptist Church and active in church activities all her life. A funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, at Rosewood Kellum Funeral Home. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service. The family would like to give special thanks to Ms. Andrea Emilsson of Trinity Haven and Sentara Hospice for the loving caring provided in the final months of her life. Memorial donations may be made in her name to Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital Volunteer Patient Donation Fund, 1309 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VA 23502 or the Great Neck Baptist Church Building Fund, 1020 General Jackson, Virginia Beach, VA 23454. You may offer condolences to the family at www.kellumfuneralhome.com.