Ruby Latham, daughter of the late Jesse and Dora Lee VanAmburg McLain, was born in Oak Ridge, Missouri on August 5, 1920, and passed away at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Missouri on May 25, 2012, at the age of 91.

She had lived in Dexter area most of her life. She was of the Baptist faith and she enjoyed gardening and flowers.

On July 1, 1969, she was married to Edward Taylor Latham in Poplar Bluff.

Surviving are her husband, Edward T. Latham of Dexter; two sons, Thomas Allen Oshia of Amarillo, Texas, Gary Wayne Oshia of Dexter; by two daughters and spouse, Bertha Marie Oshia of Jacksonville, Illinois, Lana Sue & Walter Blackwell of Park Hills; by three grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and by two sisters, Wilda Rosseau of Denver, Colorado, Lucy Speers of Poplar Bluff. Other relatives and friends also survive.

She was preceded in death by one son, Harold Oshia; one daughter, Wanda Ellis; and by two brothers, John and Ivan McLain.

Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2012, at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m.,Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter with Rev. Kenneth Biggs of Dexter officiating.

Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden with Watkins and  Sons Funeral Service of Morehouse in charge of arrangements.