Ruby Smith, daughter of the late Henry McKay and Ruth May Hutchcraft McKay was born on January 27, 1937 in Dexter and departed this life on Friday April 6, 2018 at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter at the age of 81.

Mrs. Smith was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Dexter, a former employee of Reed’s Accounting and Tax Service where she was an accountant and a resident of Dexter.

She was united in marriage to Dean Smith on April 9, 1954 in Dexter.  Mr. Smith resides of the home in Dexter.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Terry(Joyce) Smith of Dexter and one daughter, Sherry(Jeff) Dukes of Dexter; by one brother, Larry(Debbie) McKay of Dexter; one sister, Wanda Adams of Springfield; by four grandchildren, T. J. Smith, Daniel(Charlotte) Smith, Kaylee(Matt) Harris and Kaycee(Nick) Summers and by three great-grandchildren, Nolan Smith, Nic Smith and Lynnlee Harris.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Duane McKay and William Leon McKay.

Friends may call at the First Assembly of God Church in Dexter on Monday April 9, 2018 from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. 

Services will then be conducted at 1:00 P.M. at the First Assembly of God Church with Rev. Mike Kohlbaker and Rev. John Tarter officiating.  Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Dexter.

Memorials may be made to the First Assembly of God Church, 911 Brown Pilot Lane, Dexter, Missouri 63841.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.