Ruth Tribby Smith

Ruth Elaine Tribby Smith, 79, peacefully passed on August 13, 2025. She was born on January 9, 1946 in Newport News, VA to the late Charles and Virginia Stubblefield Tribby. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Mathews and a volunteer at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Ruth was a proud graduate of the Gloucester High School Class of 1964 and James Madison University. Ruth spent her adult life teaching in Gloucester Public Schools, Ware Academy, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, and in Interpretive Services at the Yorktown Victory Center. She also served others through volunteering in a variety of church activities and 4H volunteer work while raising her children and grandchildren. Ruth was a kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She will be deeply missed by all that knew her.

She is survived by her husband of 60 years Harold Wayne Smith, children Katina Lynn Keener (James) and Troy Smith (Hannah). She greatly loved her four precious grandchildren Trevor Keener, Trenton Keener, Ryan Smith, and Eve Smith.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at Andrews Funeral Home, 7192 Main Street, Gloucester from 2:30 -3:30 p.m. followed by a memorial service conducted by Pastor Werlie Hendrix. The family would like to offer their sincere thanks for the wonderful care given by Riverside Regional health care staff in the Neurology Unit and the comfort and compassion offered by Hospice House of Williamsburg during Ruth’s final days.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to Hospice House of Williamsburg, https://williamsburghospice.org/