Ruby D. Robinson

RUBY OOLA MEADE (ROBINSON) WAS BORN MARCH 13, 1916 IN KERMIT, WEST VIRGINIA, TO THE PARENTS OF ESTELLA SALMONS AND WILLIAM T. MEADE. RUBY WAS THE YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER SIBLINGS AMANDA THOMPSON, ELSIE SHORT, HOLLIE MEADE, ZONA HOKE AND NILA SLUSHER. SHE GRADUATED FROM MARSHALL COLLEGE IN WEST VIRGINIA WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE AND OBTAINED HER MASTERS FROM MIAMI UNIVERSITY IN OXFORD, OHIO. HER TEACHING CAREER BEGAN IN KERMIT WHERE SHE TAUGHT IN MINGO COUNTY FOR 19 YEARS. RUBY AND BILL ROBINSON WERE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 19, 1950 AND REMAINED IN KERMIT, WEST VIRGINIA, UNTIL 1953 WHEN THEY MOVED TO DAYTON, OHIO. SHE BEGAN TEACHING HOME ECONOMICS AT WILBUR WRIGHT HIGH SCHOOL IN 1953. ON DECEMBER 2, 1955, THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER, SHEILA MEADE, WAS BORN. IT WAS TOLD THAT ON THE DAY OF SHEILA'S BIRTH, THAT PRINCIPAL HOLMES MADE THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE P.A SYSTEM "IT IS PROCLAIMED THAT MR. & MRS. ROBINSON HAVE A BABY GIRL" AND THAT EVERY HOMEROOM WHISTLED, CHEERED AND CLAPPED. RUBY REMAINED AT WILBUR WRIGHT HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT 28 YEARS WHERE SHE RETIRED IN 1983. SHE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF ALL SHE MET. SHE WAS A TEACHER, A COUNSELOR, A ROLE MODEL, A FRIEND. HER DAUGHTER, SHEILA, IS MARRIED TO ALBERT BARRON "BARRY" STROOP AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AMANDA BARRON AND AARON GREGORY. HER GRANDCHILDREN DEFINITELY WERE THE HIGHLIGHT OF HER RETIRED YEARS. SHE WAS ALWAYS AN UPBEAT PERSON WHO COULD BRIGHTEN ONE'S DAY BY A VISIT, OR JUST A PHONE CALL; AND, AN INSPIRATION TO THOSE WHO KNEW HER. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007 FROM 10-11 AM AT NEWCOMER FUNERAL HOME BEAVERCREEK CHAPEL WHERE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BEGIN AT 11:00 A.M. WITH ALBERT STROOP OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT WOODLAND CEMETERY.