RUBY HELEN HALL ROSS

RUBY HELEN HALL ROSS, born on the 6th of March 1939, in Bedias, Texas, passed away at eight o'clock in the morning on the 2nd of November 2010, after many years of a valiant battle against breast cancer.Ruby spent her professional life in education, having received her undergraduate training in speech and theatre at Lon Morris College and Sam Houston State University. From there, she pursued graduate study in speech and theatre at LSU and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Houston at Clear Lake. She taught in Houston public schools for eleven years at Robert E. Lee High School., Westbury High School, Stephen F. Austin High School, and Alvin Community College. She also taught school at Friendswood High School and served on the Friendswood Independent School District's board of trustees. Simultaneously, she personally participated in theatre and acting, playing leading roles at, among others, the Balinese Dinner Theatre in Galveston's famed Balinese Room and at Chris Wilson's Actors Theatre of Houston. Most of all, however, Ruby will be remembered by her family and friends for her warmth, her beauty, her sophistication, and her irrepressible sense of humor.Ruby is survived by her husband of almost 45 years, C. D."Barney" Ross; her sister, Margie Peek; her brother, Floyd Hall; her sons, Michael and Donnie Ross; her nephew, Paul Elkins; her niece, Natha Hall; her five grandchildren; and numerous other family members and devoted friends.Yesterday evening, the 5th of November, friends gathered with the family to share remembrances of Ruby during a visitation in the Drawing Room of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons.The funeral service is to be conducted at eleven o'clock this morning, Saturday, the 6th of November, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.The interment is to follow, via an escorted cortege, at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston.In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions may be directed to The Methodist Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 4384, Houston, TX, 77210-4384.