Ruby Perry

Ruby Jennings Perry, 103, of Brenham, died Aug. 4, 2017, in Brenham.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 at Memorial Oaks Chapel.

Mrs. Perry was born Oct. 10, 1913, in Bellevue, OH, to Homer and Laura Michael Kistler. She was baptized at Magnolia Avenue Baptist Church in Beaumont. In 1938, she and her husband Jim Jennings, moved from Clyde, OH to Beaumont, TX. She was active in the PTA, Lioness Club, Calder Baptist Church and was division manager of the infants department at Sears in Beaumont until she retired.

Just before her 90th birthday, Mrs. Perry moved to Brenham, where she was a member of the Joy Class at Brenham First Baptist Church and volunteered for the HOST program at Krause Elementary School for three years.

Survivors include her daughter, Mona Sue Anger and husband Bill of Brenham; son, Jim Jennings and wife Carolyn Nichols Jennings of Norcross, GA; grandchildren, Paula Betts and husband Bill, Todd Jennings and wife Jalana and Tricia Barrett and husband Tim; great-grandchildren, Cayte Neil and husband Matt, Will Betts and wife Kaleigh, Kinsley and Kade Jennings and Sarah Grace and Adeline Barrett; great-great-grandchildren, Beckett and Dinah Grace Neil; stepdaughters, Debbie Adkins and husband Guy, Charlene Neal and husband Bob, and Donna Campbell.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Harold, Robert and Jack Kistler; sisters, Thelma Kay and LaDonna Clawson; her first husband, Jim Jennings; and second husband, Woodrow Perry.

Pallbearers will be Todd Jennings, Tim Barrett, Kade Jennings, Bill Betts, Will Betts and Matt Neil.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 W. Main St., Brenham, TX. 979-836-4564. To post a tribute to the family, visit: www.memorialoakschapel.com.

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Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont.