RUBY G BOOE -
Ruby G. Booe, 89, Joplin, went home to the Lord on June 15, 2000, in a Joplin assisted living facility.
Ruby was born April 7, 1911, in the Spring Grove Community near Galena, Kan. She was the second daughter of John Leroy and Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg.
Ruby attended school with her five sisters and three brothers in the Galena area, and met John Dow Booe in 1926 during a revival in the Blackjack Schoolhouse, during which she became a born-again Christian.
Rev. Dow Booe and Ruby were married on December 12, 1927, in Galena, Kan., and later had five children.
In June 1932, Rev. and Mrs. Dow Booe became Senior Pastors of the First Gospel Workers Church in Joplin. They continued living in Galena until 1952, when they moved to Joplin.
Ruby helped her husband with the pastoral duties, serving as Sunday School Secretary, leader of the ladies group, transporting many people to church, counseling church members through the Depression, wars, family deaths, and coordinated church weddings.
During church building programs, Ruby lead many women in rummage sales, doughnut sales, church dinners and bazaars to help the church pay for expansion, remodeling, and new construction.
In the 1950's she served as Secretary to the Pentecostal Ladies Auxiliary an arm of The Pentecostal Church of God.
Together they pastored the First Gospel Workers Church for nearly 50 years until her husband's death on February 12, 1982. The two had been married for 54 years.
Ruby continued her work and attendance in the church for several years after his death.
Her father, John Leroy Pigg; her mother, Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg; her husband, Rev. John Dow Booe; three sons, John Bobby Dow Booe, Wayne Leroy Booe and Rev. James Neil Booe; three sisters, two brothers, one grandson and one granddaughter preceded Ruby in death.
She is survived by a son, Kenneth Ray Booe, Joplin; a daughter, Janice Deane Knight, Joplin; a brother, John Leroy Pigg, Jr. of Tulsa, Okla.; and sisters Dorothy Deane Shaw of Galena and Betty Jean Karr of Baxter Springs, Kan.; 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Thornhill-Dillon Chapel. Rev. Ron Dean will officiate.
Burial will be in the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Rusty Knight, Rick Knight, Mike Booe, Jeff Watts, Mark Randall and Victor Seidler.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.
The Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri
Online Edition
Sunday, June 18, 2000
Ruby G. Booe, 89, Joplin, went home to the Lord on June 15, 2000, in a Joplin assisted living facility.
Ruby was born April 7, 1911, in the Spring Grove Community near Galena, Kan. She was the second daughter of John Leroy and Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg.
Ruby attended school with her five sisters and three brothers in the Galena area, and met John Dow Booe in 1926 during a revival in the Blackjack Schoolhouse, during which she became a born-again Christian.
Rev. Dow Booe and Ruby were married on December 12, 1927, in Galena, Kan., and later had five children.
In June 1932, Rev. and Mrs. Dow Booe became Senior Pastors of the First Gospel Workers Church in Joplin. They continued living in Galena until 1952, when they moved to Joplin.
Ruby helped her husband with the pastoral duties, serving as Sunday School Secretary, leader of the ladies group, transporting many people to church, counseling church members through the Depression, wars, family deaths, and coordinated church weddings.
During church building programs, Ruby lead many women in rummage sales, doughnut sales, church dinners and bazaars to help the church pay for expansion, remodeling, and new construction.
In the 1950's she served as Secretary to the Pentecostal Ladies Auxiliary an arm of The Pentecostal Church of God.
Together they pastored the First Gospel Workers Church for nearly 50 years until her husband's death on February 12, 1982. The two had been married for 54 years.
Ruby continued her work and attendance in the church for several years after his death.
Her father, John Leroy Pigg; her mother, Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg; her husband, Rev. John Dow Booe; three sons, John Bobby Dow Booe, Wayne Leroy Booe and Rev. James Neil Booe; three sisters, two brothers, one grandson and one granddaughter preceded Ruby in death.
She is survived by a son, Kenneth Ray Booe, Joplin; a daughter, Janice Deane Knight, Joplin; a brother, John Leroy Pigg, Jr. of Tulsa, Okla.; and sisters Dorothy Deane Shaw of Galena and Betty Jean Karr of Baxter Springs, Kan.; 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Thornhill-Dillon Chapel. Rev. Ron Dean will officiate.
Burial will be in the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Rusty Knight, Rick Knight, Mike Booe, Jeff Watts, Mark Randall and Victor Seidler.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.
The Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri
Online Edition
Sunday, June 18, 2000
RUBY G BOOE -
Ruby G. Booe, 89, Joplin, went home to the Lord on June 15, 2000, in a Joplin assisted living facility.
Ruby was born April 7, 1911, in the Spring Grove Community near Galena, Kan. She was the second daughter of John Leroy and Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg.
Ruby attended school with her five sisters and three brothers in the Galena area, and met John Dow Booe in 1926 during a revival in the Blackjack Schoolhouse, during which she became a born-again Christian.
Rev. Dow Booe and Ruby were married on December 12, 1927, in Galena, Kan., and later had five children.
In June 1932, Rev. and Mrs. Dow Booe became Senior Pastors of the First Gospel Workers Church in Joplin. They continued living in Galena until 1952, when they moved to Joplin.
Ruby helped her husband with the pastoral duties, serving as Sunday School Secretary, leader of the ladies group, transporting many people to church, counseling church members through the Depression, wars, family deaths, and coordinated church weddings.
During church building programs, Ruby lead many women in rummage sales, doughnut sales, church dinners and bazaars to help the church pay for expansion, remodeling, and new construction.
In the 1950's she served as Secretary to the Pentecostal Ladies Auxiliary an arm of The Pentecostal Church of God.
Together they pastored the First Gospel Workers Church for nearly 50 years until her husband's death on February 12, 1982. The two had been married for 54 years.
Ruby continued her work and attendance in the church for several years after his death.
Her father, John Leroy Pigg; her mother, Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg; her husband, Rev. John Dow Booe; three sons, John Bobby Dow Booe, Wayne Leroy Booe and Rev. James Neil Booe; three sisters, two brothers, one grandson and one granddaughter preceded Ruby in death.
She is survived by a son, Kenneth Ray Booe, Joplin; a daughter, Janice Deane Knight, Joplin; a brother, John Leroy Pigg, Jr. of Tulsa, Okla.; and sisters Dorothy Deane Shaw of Galena and Betty Jean Karr of Baxter Springs, Kan.; 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Thornhill-Dillon Chapel. Rev. Ron Dean will officiate.
Burial will be in the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Rusty Knight, Rick Knight, Mike Booe, Jeff Watts, Mark Randall and Victor Seidler.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.
The Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri
Online Edition
Sunday, June 18, 2000
Ruby G. Booe, 89, Joplin, went home to the Lord on June 15, 2000, in a Joplin assisted living facility.
Ruby was born April 7, 1911, in the Spring Grove Community near Galena, Kan. She was the second daughter of John Leroy and Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg.
Ruby attended school with her five sisters and three brothers in the Galena area, and met John Dow Booe in 1926 during a revival in the Blackjack Schoolhouse, during which she became a born-again Christian.
Rev. Dow Booe and Ruby were married on December 12, 1927, in Galena, Kan., and later had five children.
In June 1932, Rev. and Mrs. Dow Booe became Senior Pastors of the First Gospel Workers Church in Joplin. They continued living in Galena until 1952, when they moved to Joplin.
Ruby helped her husband with the pastoral duties, serving as Sunday School Secretary, leader of the ladies group, transporting many people to church, counseling church members through the Depression, wars, family deaths, and coordinated church weddings.
During church building programs, Ruby lead many women in rummage sales, doughnut sales, church dinners and bazaars to help the church pay for expansion, remodeling, and new construction.
In the 1950's she served as Secretary to the Pentecostal Ladies Auxiliary an arm of The Pentecostal Church of God.
Together they pastored the First Gospel Workers Church for nearly 50 years until her husband's death on February 12, 1982. The two had been married for 54 years.
Ruby continued her work and attendance in the church for several years after his death.
Her father, John Leroy Pigg; her mother, Maude Mae (Merrill) Pigg; her husband, Rev. John Dow Booe; three sons, John Bobby Dow Booe, Wayne Leroy Booe and Rev. James Neil Booe; three sisters, two brothers, one grandson and one granddaughter preceded Ruby in death.
She is survived by a son, Kenneth Ray Booe, Joplin; a daughter, Janice Deane Knight, Joplin; a brother, John Leroy Pigg, Jr. of Tulsa, Okla.; and sisters Dorothy Deane Shaw of Galena and Betty Jean Karr of Baxter Springs, Kan.; 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Thornhill-Dillon Chapel. Rev. Ron Dean will officiate.
Burial will be in the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Rusty Knight, Rick Knight, Mike Booe, Jeff Watts, Mark Randall and Victor Seidler.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.
The Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri
Online Edition
Sunday, June 18, 2000
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