Ruby Mae Gunter Smith, 98, of Lynco, WV went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 in Frisco, TX of natural causes.
She was born on August 26, 1925 in Otsego, WV to Miley Melvin Gunter and Rebecca Jane Smith Gunter.
Ruby graduated from Pineville High School in 1942 as valedictorian.
She married James Smith in 1946 and served as the long-time postmaster of Lynco from 1950 to 1990. Ruby and James were avid members of the Pineville Presbyterian Church.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, James E. Smith, her brothers Bill Gunter and Ernie “Sonny” Gunter and sister, Ruth Botkin. She loved her recently deceased sister-in-law, Judy Gunter, and brother-in-law, Edsel Dancy.
She is survived by her son, James “Jim” E. Smith, Jr., and wife Anne, and their children Anthony and Andrea, all of Frisco, TX. She is also survived by her sisters Marie Dancy of Lee’s Summit, MO, Jean Ball and husband Danny of Conroe, TX, Sue Dodson and husband Leroy of Fort Mill, SC, a brother Ronald Lee Gunter of Shady Springs and a host of other loving family and friends.
Funeral service will be held at 12 PM on Thursday, March 28th in the Chapel of Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. She will be laid to rest in Palm Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Matheny, WV. Friends may gather with the family from 11 AM until time of service at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be family and friends.
The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Oceana, WV.