MRS. RUBY LEE KIRBY, age 97, of Kirby Hollow Road-Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013, afternoon.  A native Chattooga Countian, She was born to the late Sam and Etta Mixon Phillips on February 2, 1916.  Mrs. Kirby was Presbyterian by Faith, a Homemaker, and was preceded in death by her husband, the late George S. Kirby, children-Sara McArthur, L.M. Phillip Kirby, Jerry Kirby, Donald Kirby.

Surviving are daughters-Dorothy Haney of Valley Head, AL., Kathryn Gravitt, Pat Kirby, Edith Lunsford all of Summerville, Wanda Langston and Linda Stoner-Fowler both of Rome, and Myra McCary of Gore Community; 32 Grandchildren, 35 Great Grandchildren, several Great Great Grandchildren, Nieces, and Nephews.

Funeral services will be held Friday, March 8th, at 2 P.M. from the J. D Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Waydell Howell officiating, interment in Greenhills Memory Garden.  Active Pallbearers-Jay Dee Miller, Shawn McCary, Keith Scoggins, Eric Brock, Jeremy Treadaway, Brad Hatcher, Tracey Carter, and Ray Pettyjohn.  The Family will receive friends Thursday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.