Ruby Shepherd Blevins

View this Pictoral Tribute http://videos.lifetributes.com/61973 Mrs. Ruby Elizabeth Shepherd Blevins age 94 of Lansing died Friday, April 3, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center in Boone. Mrs. Blevins was born in Lansing, NC on September 16, 1914 to the late Fieldon and Sirena Thomas Shepherd. Ruby loved to cook, canning, picking wild strawberries and blackberries. She enjoyed quilting, working in her flower beds and gardening. Antiquing was something she always loved to do. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Blevins was a member of Fairview Methodist Church and she attended Meadowview Mennonite Church. Including her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers, Roy, Grady, Glenn, Garvey Shepherd, sisters, Ossie Shepherd, Flossie Wade and her husband Stanton Summers Blevins on February 25, 2006.   Funeral Services will be held on Monday, April 6, 2009 2:00pm at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel by Rev. Denver Blevins, Rev. Dan Hess and Rev. Larry Shepherd. Entombment will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum of Prayer. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00pm Sunday, April 5, 2009 at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel.   Mrs. Blevins is survived by, two sons and daughters in-law, Ted and Hollia Turner Blevins of Alexander, VA, Brick and Linda Ridgway Blevins of Little River, SC, two daughters and sons in-law, Sue Blevins Stewart and Boyd Stewart, Frieda Blevins Patterson and Steve Patterson all of Lansing, two sisters, Lena Drain of Roanoke, VA, Jewel Wilcox of Hillsville, VA, 6 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.  Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: High Country Health Care System Hospice, PO Box 421, Jefferson, NC 28640.   Condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.ashelawn.com Ashelawn Memorial Chapel, Gardens and Mausoleum was entrusted with Mrs. Blevins' arrangements.