Funeral services for Ruby Bone, 74, of Athens are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 9, 2023, at Hannigan Smith Funeral Home of Athens with Rev. Debra Turner officiating. Graveside services will be held Thursday, 2:00 p.m. at Siloam Cemetery near Buffalo, Texas.
Mrs. Bone passed on February 5, 2023, in Athens.
Ruby Ann Bone was born June 13, 1948, in Dallas, Texas the daughter of Claude L. Springer and Thelma Irene (Bennett) Springer. She attended Solid Rock Church near Athens with her husband and enjoyed reading. She was a homemaker who enjoyed arts and crafts and was a very talented painter. She loved caring for her family and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Betty Jo Hopkins, Margaret Jefferies and her brother Larry Wayne Springer.
She is survived by her loving husband Charles Bone of Athens; two children Tommy Dale Bone and wife Donna of Crocker, Missouri, Lisa Ann Johnston and husband David of Ponchatoula, Louisiana; four grandchildren, Chris Bone and wife Jessica, Justin Bone and wife Alison, Dalton Johnston and wife Leah, Montanna Johnston; six great grandchildren; numerous nieces; nephews and cousins.
A visitation will be held prior to the service from 10-11:00 a.m., Thursday at Hannigan Smith Funeral Home.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Hannigan Smith Funeral Home family.