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07/13/08 - NNHS Newsletter - Ruby Minter Leonard

Ruby Minter Leonard
(24 Feb 1923 -  11 July 2008)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,   
   We have more sad news this Sunday morning.  Ruby Minter Leonard, mother of 
  Michael Leonard  ('68) of VA and Gerald Leonard ('66) of VA and mother-in-law of    Jane Coltrain Leonard ('64) of VA, passed away in Newport News on Friday, July 11, 2008 at the age of 85.


From the Daily Press - 07/13/08:   

                   Ruby Minter Leonard

 

NEWPORT NEWS - Ruby Minter Leonard, born Feb. 24, 1923, died on July 11, 2008.
She was born in the Draper section of Eden, N.C., to Jesse and Susan Minter. A resident of Newport News since 1944, she was a dedicated homemaker. Her family was her life. She was an avid sports fan, especially of the Atlanta Braves. She will be greatly missed by her family and all who knew her.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Russell G. Leonard; her parents; and an infant daughter, Myra. Also predeceasing her were her brothers, Harvey, Rob, Paul, George and Richard Minter.

She is survived by her two sons, G. Michael Leonard of Newport News and his fiancée, Janice Prillaman of Newport News, and Gerald W. Leonard and his wife, Jane, of Providence Forge; two brothers, Frank and Jerry Minter of Eden, N.C.; two sisters, Viola Medford of Greensboro, N.C., and Lena Wilson of Burlington, N.C.; four grandchildren, Melanie Place of Keller, Texas, Belinda Bardusch of Weston, Fla., Gary M. Leonard Jr. of Hampton, and Whitney K. Leonard of Yorktown; and four great-grandchildren.

 

Ruby Minter Leonard

 


Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 14, at W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Hilling officiating. Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 6350 Center Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502.
Arrangements by W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.

Published in the Daily Press on 7/13/2008.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Jerry and Judy Allen, Newport News, Virginia



Monday, July 14, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

— Donnie & Tammie Morris, Newport News, Virginia
 

Monday, July 14, 2008

May God wrap you in his loving arms and comfort you in your loss of someone that we all love so much! Ruby was a very special person!
Love you and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Rose Wood Contact Me


Monday, July 14, 2008

Mike, We are sorry to hear about your Mom.
Our prayers are with you during this time. Take
care.

Bill & Debbie Hobbs, Hampton, Virginia



Thursday, July 17, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with Ruby's family.
She will be missed by many.

Kathy Martin-Marshall, Newport News, Virginia Contact Me

 

   Our deepest sympathies are extended to the entire Leonard family as well as their many friends.


  Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                          Love to all, Carol

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The Old Rugged Cross

Words and Music by George Bennard, 1913

(The Old Rugged Cross was written in Albion, Michigan.
Or Pokagon, Michigan.
Or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
All three towns claim to be the birthplace of this hymn.)
 

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.


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"The Old Rugged Cross" lyrics and history courtesy of http://synergy_2.tripod.com/lyrics/ruggedc1.html - 03/01/07

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