Ruby Jean Brown

Ms. Ruby Jean Brown was born on September 21, 1944, in Hickory, Mississippi. On February 11, 2026, she peacefully answered God's call to come home. Ms. Ruby, as she was affectionately known, was the third daughter and sixth child of the late Horace Brown & Ruby Tims Brown. .

She grew up in the Gaston Point Community. She was baptized at an early age. Ruby joined the Little Rock Missionary Baptist under the leadership of Pastor Famous McElhany and was an active member until she moved away.

She attended Gaston Point Elementary School and graduated in 1963 from 33rd Avenue High School, after she received her diploma. After high school, she moved to New York and worked as a domestic worker for about 2 years in Roslind, New York. They taught her how to navigate the city and became family.

She worked various jobs, and while attending night school for IBM (data processing). Ruby left the family in Long Island to move to Queens, NY. In 1965, she met Royal Hubbard, and in 1967, she gave birth to her one and only son, Bertrum Bernard Hubbard, she loved to call him Bernard or Nado.

She worked to ensure she and Bernard were good, even if it meant working two jobs. She loved to travel and desired to do it often even studied to be a stewardess. The family she worked for taught her how budget, drive and encouraged her to speak up for herself. She enjoyed her time living in New York. In 1995 she moved back to Mississippi to care for her brother, Jesse, who was ill. After his passing and some intermittent travels she decided to stay in Gulfport until her passing. She was an excellent cook and loved to bake.

Ruby was preceded in death by her father & mother; 2 sisters, Pearlie Jordan, and Mary McDonald; 4 brothers, Ortist Brown, Horace Brown, Jr. (Clyde), Clarence Brown (George), and Jessie Brown.

Ruby leaves to cherish her memory her one and only son, Bertrum Bernard Hubbard; daughter-in-law, Candice Hubbard; her younger sister,
Lula McClemore (Sally), a very special sister-in-law, Joann Brown; her niece, Betty Carter, and a host of nieces & nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.