BERNIE - Ruby Jewell Beck, 81, died Jan. 10, 2008, at her home.
Born Oct. 7, 1926, at Tallapoosa, to the late Arnold and Stella Harris Ramsey, she was a homemaker.
On Dec. 23, 1942, at New Madrid, she married Robert Lee Beck, who preceded her in death on July 4, 1972.
Survivors include: three sons, Rodger Beck of St. Louis, and Bobie Beck and Timothy Beck of Bernie; two brothers, Woodrow Ramsey of St. Louis and Edward Ramsey of Flint, Mich.; one sister, Bessi Lumley of St. Louis; and six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation is from 12:30 p.m. until time of services at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.
Burial will follow in the Stanfield Cemetery at Clarkton.
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