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“Ruby V. Jenkins of Washington passed away...."
That’s all she wanted the newspaper to say.
! In instructions typed out by Rpby more than a year ago, she told her family (sister Mary and nephew Ron) what her obituary and her burial services were to be. And, as only Ruby would do, she had the writing notarized. Tliat would make it binding, leaving nothing to chance or second guessing.
But, there is so much more about Ruby Jenkins that should be said on her passing. So, with the consent of Mary and in the face of that stern visage of disapproval that we got from Ruby frpm time to time when we were doing something contrary to what she expected, we want to share at least some small part of who was this Rappahannock hero. > Ruby was first and always a lady. Quiet, thoughtful, quick and bright, a Virginian, Rappahannocker and Washingtonian through and through, she was a very private lady. And, most likely, that was why she thought all we needed to know about her was that she had left us. But, it was what she left with us, after a lifetime devoted to Washington and Rappahannock, that fills our hearts and thoughts at this time with the knowledge that we are unlikely to ever see again the likes of Ruby Jenkins.
Ruby lived all her life at the corner of Main and Porter Streets and thought that quite satisfactory. She traveled some in earlier years, but she loved being home more than being any other place she could imagine.
When she took up a task, she stayed with it, did her best and enjoyed the challenges and relished the accomplishments. If she put the task down it was only because it was finished. That was the hallmark of her life. * ^-Oust out of her teens in 1939, Ruby began a job as sec
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