Ruby Mae Rodney Edwards

RUBY MAE RODNEY EDWARDS, BELOVED DAUGHTER, WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND FRIEND WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 1, 1935 AND ENTERED ETERNAL REST ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 AT THE AGE OF 85. RUBY WAS BORN IN NEW ROADS, LA TO THE UNION OF ERNEST AND BEATRICE ST. CYR RODNEY. HER FAMILY LATER MOVED TO NEW ORLEANS. RUBY ENJOYED A 58 YEAR MARRIAGE TO FREDERICK G. EDWARDS. THEIR MARRIAGE WAS BLESSED WITH THREE DAUGHTERS: CARALYN EDWARDS WILLIAMS, ADRIENNE EDWARDS LOWERY AND TERRI EDWARDS GIBSON. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, ERNEST AND BEATRICE RODNEY; HER HUSBAND, FREDERICK EDWARDS; 2 BROTHERS, ABRAHAM AND NATHAN RODNEY; AND 2 DAUGHTERS, CARALYN WILLIAMS AND TERRI GIBSON. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF WALTER L. COHN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE STUDIED TO BECOME A NURSE, RETIRING FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL IN NEW ORLEANS. SHE VOLUNTEERED AS A CHAPLIN FOR THE ORLEANS PARISH SHERRIFF OFFICE AND SERVED HER LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. RUBY WAS AN INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY, SERVING IN AFRICA. SHE ATTENDED THE NO BAPTIST SEMINARY AND WAS PART OF THE PRISON MINISTRY AND THE HEALTH MINISTRY. RUBY WAS REARED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FAITH. SHE WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE NEW ORLEANS EAST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. HER FAVORITE BIBLE SCRIPTURE WAS PSALM 37:25: I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD; YET HAVE I NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD. IN ADDITION TO HER DAUGHTER, ADRIENNE, RUBY, LEAVES TO MOURN HER PASSING A BROTHER, ERNEST RODNEY, JR. (LINDA); SISTERS JOYCE ISON (RICHWELL) AND REBECCA WEATHERSBY; BROTHERS-IN LAW: PRESTON EDWARDS SR. (ROSA), EDGAR EDWARDS (VIVIAN), AND LLOYD EDWARDS (LATE BONNIE). SHE ALSO LEAVES SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN: AVINGNON LOWERY DU’GUE, KIARA WILLIAMS HANNAH, CHELSI AND KRISTA WILLIAMS, ELIJAH, ZION AND JOSHUA GIBSON; FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CALEB, LEAH AND URIAH DU’GUE’, JALON FREDERICK HANNAH AND LEA RAE RUBY HANNAH. SHE ALSO LEAVES A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. RUBY WILL BE MISSED BY ALL THOSE SHE LOVED AND THOSE WHO LOVED HER. RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICE ON MARCH 12, 2021 AT 11:00 AM AT D. W. RHODES HOME, 3933 WASHINGTON AVE., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125. VISITATION WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AM. INTERMENT: SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA VETERANS CEMETERY, 3488 GRANTHAM COLLEGE DR., SLIDELL, LA 70460. EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED TO COVIC 19 GUIDELINES BY WEARING FACE MASKS AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

Ruby Mae Rodney Edwards

February 25, 2021