Ruby Michael Shoaf, 96, of Michael Road, died Sunday, April 26, 2009, following an illness of 29 days.
The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Psalm 91 Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Max Shoaf. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Shoaf was born May 31, 1912, in Davidson County to Calvin Luther "Bob" Michael and Druzilla Swicegood Michael. She was retired from Tyro Junior High School Cafeteria. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey L. Shoaf; a son, Bennie Lee Shoaf; brothers Harley Michael, Grady Michael, Clarence Luther Michael, James Archie Michael, Robert Edwin Michael and Howard McCoy Michael; sisters Ora Wilson, Lura Kennerly, Juanita Walser, Kathleen Michael and Wilhelmina Whicker; granddaughter Kimelee Miller; great-grandchildren Kali Kristen Miller and Bradley Neal Carlile; great-great-grandson Landin Bradley Toney; and son-in-law Jerome Miller.
Surviving are a son, Max D. Shoaf and his wife, Letha, of Lexington; a daughter, JoAnn Shoaf Miller of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; eight grandchildren, Michael Miller and his wife, Gay, and Zachary Miller and his wife, Kim, all of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Margaret Hudson and her husband, Jeff, of Winchester, Va., and Susan Carlile and her husband, Pat, Darrell Shoaf, Lee Yarboro and her husband, Tim, Gina Adams and her husband, Bo, and Bridgette Shoaf, all of Lexington; 19 great-grandchildren, James Pyle, Steven Miller, Michael Hudson, Jessica Hudson, Zachary Miller, Olivia Miller, Dru Carlile Toney, Zeke Carlile, Kenan Yarboro, Torin Yarboro, Moriah Yarboro, Talitha Shoaf, Jillian Shoaf, Max Shoaf III, Michaela Shoaf, Cassidy Shoaf, Clay Temple, Jake Adams and Ruby Adams; and a great-great-grandchild, Rayleigh Carter.
470, Ruby Virginia Michael Shoaf