Ruby Keen

1929 - 2021

Ruby Keen

July 7, 1929 - July 19, 2021

Ruby Jewell Fuller Keen was 92 when she went home to be with The Lord Monday evening, July 19, 2021. She was born on July 8, 1929, and was the daughter of the late William Henry Jewell and Mary Elizabeth Hagerman Jewell. Ruby started teaching school when she was 18 years old. She worked for Buchanan County Schools for 45 years and was the Librarian at Whitewood High School when she retired July 1, 1992. She always said, "I didn't have a student that I didn't love". Her hobbies were cooking, baking, antiques, shopping, estate sales. She was an excellent cook and loved baking for her friends and relatives. She organized and hosted the annual Whitewood School Reunion for many years. She loved being able to visit with her former students and fellow teachers. She attended Bible Baptist Church at Pilgrims Knob. Ruby was the last surviving member of her immediate family.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Herman Fuller; brothers, John Jewell, AB "Buck" Jewell, William "Bill" Jewell, James Oliver Jewell, Elbert Jewell, Eugene Jewell, Roy Jewell, and Charles Jewell; and sisters, Watie J. Collins, Madge J. Cole, and Naomi J. Bullion. She is survived by her husband, Charles Randolph "Randy" Keen of Whitewood, Va.; her son, Harold Herman "Buddy" Fuller and wife, Patty, of Whitewood, Va.; two grandchildren, Howie Fuller and wife, Sarah, and Joy Fuller Cordle and husband Tony; and four great-grandchildren, Lexie Fuller and Hayden Fuller, Bryce Cordle, and Tyson Cordle.

The funeral service for Ruby Jewell Fuller Keen will be conducted 7 p.m. Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Virginia, with the Pastor Hobart Kennedy officiating. Interment will be held at Jewell-White Cemetery 11 a.m. Friday, July 23, 2021, on White Mountain. Visitation will be held Thursday evening at 6 p.m. Hurst Scott Funeral Home of Richlands, Virginia is handling arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.

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