Ruby Mae Brooks was born on May 24, 1914, in Royston, Georgia. She married Jasper Kettern Voyles on June 22, 1929, in Anderson, South Carolina.[1] They had at least four children:
Jasper died in 1972 and Ruby died on October 12, 2006, in Greenville, South Carolina, at the age of 92, and was buried in Travelers Rest, South Carolina.[4]
Obituary:[5]
Ruby Mae Brooks Voyles, 92, formerly of Marietta, wife of the late Jasper K. Voyles, died Oct. 12, 2006 at Oakmont East Nursing Center.
Born in Royston, GA, she was a daughter of the late Omar and Addlaie Abbott Brooks. She was retired from the J.P. Stevens Slater Plant and was a member of Marietta First Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Blondine Greer of Marietta; three sons, Belton Voyles of Athens, GA, Hugh Edwin Voyles of Madisonville, TN and Ron Voyles of Travelers Rest; three sisters, Mary Elrod of Hull, GA, Sara Davidson of Royston, GA and Janette McCurry of Ellijay, GA; two brothers, Charles Brooks of Williamston and Benjamin Brooks of Mauldin; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Oct. 14 at The Howze Mortuary chapel. Burial followed in Grand View Memorial Gardens.
BURIAL[6]
Mountain View Memorial Park
Travelers Rest, Greenville County, South Carolina
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