Ruby Johnson Wright, 88, of Professional Care Home in Hartford, passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2015. She was born in Rosine, Ky., on June 16, 1926, to Horace and Birdie Grigsby Johnson.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Wright; her infant daughter Doris; her son Wyman Autry; son-in-law, Timmy Porter; two brothers, Edward and Horace Johnson; one sister, Helen Swift; and her granddaughter, Beth Widner.
She is survived by her children, Mitchell Wright and companion, Janie Davis, of Winslow, Ind., Garlena Strange and husband, Russell, of Evansville, Marilyn Coy and husband, Charlie, of Hartford, Guyetta Wright, of Navarre, Fla., Martha Burden and husband, Stephen, of Cromwell, Nancy Crea and husband, Robert, of Hartford, and Dena Porter and companion, Charles Thomas Meredith, of Morgantown; four sisters, Imojean Coates, of Louisville, Betty Woodcock, of Indianapolis, Glenda Dehart and Judy Wilkie, both of Evansville; one brother, Benjamin Johnson, of Evansville; and daughter-in-law, Joyce Autry. She was blessed with 22 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral Service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Bro. Gary Embry officiating. Burial will be in Rosine Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. until the time of service Sunday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence can be made at: www.danksfuneralhome.com.