Ruby Lewis Burgess Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Ruby Lewis Burgess of Waverly, Virginia, who passed away at the age of 81, on September 1, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, McKinley Lewis and Lucy Williams Lewis; and her brothers, Henry Lewis, Sr., James Lewis and Morris Lewis.
She is survived by: her spouse Elmore Burgess Jr.; her children, Doris Burgess Fitzgerald (Joseph) of New Kent, VA, Ronnie Burgess (Crystal) of Stony Creek, VA, Anthony Sykes (Cornelia) of Bowie, MD and Robert L. Drew, Jr. (Sherry); her grandchildren, Akita Carter, Donita Johnson, Robert L. Drew III, Taneisha Whitfield, KeiShawn Whitfield, Cortaz Baines, William Bryant, Asher Moore and Shawn Sykes; her godchildren, Karen Winfield, Calvin Taylor and Marcellus Williams; her siblings, Mckinley Lewis, Ernest Lewis (Martha), John W. Lewis, Estelle Lewis, Margie Smith (Charles) and Shirley Ann Newby (Columbus); and her friends, Cleveland Worrell, Harold King, June Reese, Clinton Ricks, Barbara Jones (Scott), Maggie Stewart, Shirley Everett, Jennifer Jones, Barbara Burgess, Jean Sharpe, Krystal Manning, Pauline Burnette and Mary Drew. She is also survived by thirteen great-grandchildren.
