Ruby Watkins Nelson Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Ruby Watkins Nelson of Hurtsboro, Alabama, who passed away at the age of 91, on June 3, 2022. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Ruby Watkins Nelson to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Deacon Elijah and Sis; her husband Johnny Jones, Sr.; her sons, Johnny Jones, Jr. and McArthur Jones, Sr.; and her sisters, Annie Mae Peterson and Elizabeth Jackson.
She is survived by: her children, Shirley Jones Harris, Patricia Jones Alfred of Columbus, GA and Willie Watkins of Merrillville, IN; her daughters-in-law, Linda Jones, Gwen Jones of Ellenwood, GA, Josephine Tansil-Brown of Canton, GA, Bessie R. Florence of Columbus, GA, Suzetta Connie Rutledge of Phenix City, AL and Teresa R. Lattimore of Cataula, GA.; her goddaughter Jacquelyn Upshaw Clark (Rex) of Hatchechubee, AL; her grandchildren, Tamela, Harris-Williams, Shana T. Rutledge, Eddie Alford (Michelle), Nadia Alford, Theotis Jones (Rebekah), Cedric Jones (Leo Leen), McArthur Jones, Jr., Montavious Jones, Gina Crawford (Eric), Kimberly Threatts and Elizabeth Watkins; and her godchildren, Jacque Upshaw Clark of Hatchechubee, AL, Tonya Moses of Hurtsboro, AL and Miles Watson of Thomasville, GA.
