Ruby Elizabeth Nash

Ruby Elizabeth Nash obituary, Edenton, NC

Ruby Elizabeth Nash

Ruby Nash Obituary

Visit the Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory - Edenton website to view the full obituary.

Ruby Elizabeth Nash, 93, of Plymouth, passed away Friday, April 17, 2026 in her home. Mrs. Nash was born in Manassas, VA on Monday, September 26, 1932, and was the daughter of the late John Richard Jones and Helen Jones. Ruby worked as a nurse's aid and enjoyed loving on her grandchildren.

Surviving are her three daughters, Linda N. Sexton and her husband, Clyde Sexton, Jr. of Plymouth, Sherry N. Overton and her husband, Bill of Roper, and Terry N. Goff and her husband, Robert of Princeton, WV; two sons, Bernard "Gene" Nash of Nags Head, and James E. Nash of Moorehead City; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and extended family members.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Please share a memory via the Online Guestbook.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory - Edenton

735 Virginia Road PO Box 45, Edenton, NC 27932

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