Ruby Elaine Lemons, daughter of the late Willie Otis Lemonds and Goldie Mae Sutton Lemonds was born on January 3, 1936 in Kennett, Missouri and departed this life on July 15, 2016 at the Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Missouri at the age of 80.

Mrs. Lemons was a retired registered Nurse, member of the First Baptist Church in Kennett, Missouri, and a resident of Dexter.

On August 18, 1962 she was united in marriage to Jimmie Glenn Lemons in Kennett, Missouri. Mr. Lemons survives of the home in Dexter.

Besides her husband other survivors include one son, Steve Lemons of Winchester, Virginia; two daughters, Debra Lemons of West Plains, Missouri and Susan Swinford of Bernie, Missouri; two brother, Carroll Lemonds of Plainfield, Indian and Thomas Lemonds of Choctaw, Oklahoma; by one sister, Kathleen Riggs of Kennett, Missouri; also six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Sarah Haley.

Visitation will be held from 9:00 until 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Memorial service will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 A.M. at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with Thomas Lemonds officiating. Interment will follow at a later date.

The family has requested memorials be made to the Stoddard County Children’s Home , P.O. Box 164, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or Stoddard County Gospel Mission, 207 North One Mile Road, Dexter, Missouri 63841.