Ruby Mae Jones, daughter of the late Frank Gentry and Curtis Connell Kirksey, was born on July 9, 1934, in Greenville, Mississippi, and departed this life on January 1, 2025, at Winchester Nursing in Berne, Missouri, at the age of 90 years.

Mrs. Jones was a former Certified Nursing Assistant for Dexter Hospital in Dexter, Missouri, she had worked for the ARC Group Home in Dexter and was a resident of Dexter. She was of the Church of God faith, and she was a former Pink Lady for Dexter Hospital.

She was untied in marriage to Harly Wayne Jones. Mr. Jones preceded her in death on January 14, 1991.

She is survived by two daughters, Becky Lizenbee (Rickie Rainey) and Virginia “Katie” Wilson (Chesley) all of Dexter, Missouri; by two brothers, David Kirksey (Pat) of South Carolina, and Johnny Kirksey (Marsha) of Gretna, Louisiana; by four grandchildren, Steve Hyten (Brandi), Marcella Dulworth (Christopher), JoAnna Strickler (Craig) and Pattie Leathers; and by many great-grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, George “Randy” Jones; by her grandson, Clayton Wilson; by two brothers, Helton “Buddy” Gentry and Jerry Gentry; and by three sisters, Francis Messenger, Claudie Worthington, and Mary Elizabeth Kirksey.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 4, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Travis Lambert officiating. Interment will follow in Dexter Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.