THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, March 14, 1996 TAG: 9603140286
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B10 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
Ruby Alma Proffitt, 87, died March 13, 1996, in a Portsmouth Hospital.
She was retired from Leggett Department Store in Portsmouth and was the widow of Henry Franklin Proffitt. She was a member of Sweethaven Baptist Church and a native of Gates County, N.C.
She is survived by her daughter, Ruby Jean Garrison of Key West, Fla.; son, Donald Wayne Proffitt of Suffolk; nine grandchildren, Peggy Parker, Charles E. Parker, Janice L. Parker, Wayne Parker, Donald Wayne Proffitt Jr., James Proffitt, Amy Proffitt, Elton Phelps, and Deborah Tippins; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday by the Rev. Lew Hunter and the Rev. Tom Potter in Sweethaven Baptist Church. Burial is in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m.
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