Ruby Carol Jones

Ruby Carol Jones passed away on September 16, 2022, in Mobile, Alabama. She was born on September 26, 1956, and was the youngest child of Joe and Nellie Grice of Two Buttes, Colorado.

Ruby attended kindergarten at Walsh, Colorado.  The rest of her school years were at Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind in Colorado Springs, graduating Class of 1976. After graduation, she moved to Denver to study at Community College of Denver. Ruby had a variety of jobs in the Denver area. In 1983, Ruby and Ricki Jones were married.  They had one child, Amy. From 2004 to the time of her passing, she lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Greeley, Colorado, and Mobile, Alabama. In an August 26, 2022, message, Ruby said, “I love learning more about God’s word very much.”  Ruby also enjoyed genealogy, The Price is Right, crocheting, apartment community activities, going places, small children, and her independence.

Ruby is preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Nellie Grice; brother and sister-in-law, Earl and Twila Grice; and her aunts and uncles.  

Ruby is survived by her daughter, Amy Jones; grandson, Jag Jones; sister and brother-in-law, Ila and Rob Coffman; nieces and nephews, Geniel and Darrell Burke, Jerrod Grice and Lori Abeyta, Michael and Rachael Grice, and Alice Benge; great nieces and nephews; great-great nieces and nephews; and a host of extended family members.

Services are under the direction of the Peacock Family.

Visitation for Ruby will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2022, from 10:00AM until 12:00PM at the Peacock Family Chapel, 209 S 4th St, Lamar, CO 81052. A celebration of life will be held at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at the Peacock Family Chapel, with Pastor Travis Walker of the Wiley United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery.

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