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Ruby Lee Wilson

1939 - 2024

Ruby Lee Wilson obituary, 1939-2024, Bakersfield, CA

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1939

DIED

2024

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Bakersfield, California

Ruby Wilson Obituary

RUBY LEE WILSON

April 17, 1939 – May 6, 2024

Bakersfield – Ruby Lee Wilson, 85, went to be with the Lord on May 6, 2024 in Bakersfield, CA. She loved Jesus. She loved ministering for Him, singing for Him, and worshiping Him. She loved her 4 children, Carolyn Sue Nead, the late Albert Lee Rushing, James Glenn Rushing, and Robert Shane White. She loved all her grandkids, great-grandkids, and all her extended family and friends. She loved her husband James (Jim) T. Wilson, who went to be with Jesus before her.

Ruby loved to sew, she loved to decorate cakes and garden, and she loved her dogs. She was never boring and went by the nickname Ruby Red Dress. She always had a Pepsi or Coke nearby and candy in a bowl or in the bottom drawer of her outdoor refrigerator, which the grandkids loved to sneak into. She always cared about her appearance, especially her hair and eyebrows. She was a night owl who loved to watch movies and late night shows. She loved to shop and eat out. She loved her coffee. She was at her best spending time one on one with people. She loved to dance and when you really got to know her, she loved to laugh. She was young at heart and she will be missed by all who knew her.

A memorial service was held on Monday, May 13, 2024 at Mission Family Mortuary, Bakersfield, CA. Service was officiated by Reverend Rebecca Best, her niece. Her final resting place is Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery, Bakersfield, CA.

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Published by Bakersfield Californian on May 21, 2024.

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Susie

September 29, 2025

My Grandma will always be in my mind and is. Her and I spent so much time together and loved watching animation movies, I enjoyed giving her masages with baby lotion or aveno lavender and chamomile lotion, I loved pampering her. She's my awesome grandma and very understanding, taught a lot, I love her cinnamon toast she made im her oven and her pinto beans boiled and her stuffing! There is so much more I can say
I will see her soon, in heavin.

Sue Nead

October 18, 2024

I miss you Mamma...
Your onlyest daughter,
Sue.

Sue Nead

May 25, 2024

I miss you Mamma.
I know that you are with Jesus.
I love you forever.
Your daughter,
Sue

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