Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Gertrude Morris Buie will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at
Union Church Baptist Church, with burial to follow at Bethel Cemetery. Visitation is from Noon
until the time of service. Rev. Billy Joe Deer will officiate the service.
Mrs. Buie was born in Natchez, Mississippi January 5, 1939 to the late Oren Courtney Morris and
Alice Laura McCreight Morris. She lived 82 years and saw many changes during her lifetime on
this earth. She passed from here and into eternity February 26, 2021. Mrs. Buie was a member of
Union Church Baptist Church. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
She had a gift of music, playing both piano and organ, and enjoyed sewing and other hobbies as well.
She will be greatly missed by her family and all who loved her.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her son, John Duncan Buie, and her sisters, Mary Cross
and Ethel “Kitty” Fleming.
Those who remain to cherish her memory are her husband of 64 years, Elmer Lee Buie; sons,
Elmer Lee Buie Jr. (Rebecca), Daniel Richard Buie (Sallie); daughter, Beverly Jones (Bill); brother,
Jake Morris (Joy); and sister, Frances Sisco. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, Jason Magee (P.J.),
Hope Case (Justin), Cody Buie (Carla), Caleb Buie, Chelsey Myrick (Chad), John Courtney Buie (Mallory),
Christopher Buie (Courtney), Rex Buie (Kimberly), Richard Buie (Heather), Rhiannon Mercier (Shawn),
Deke Purdy (Tanya), Ashlie Waldrop (Arron), Jacob Purdy (Caroline), Sarah Goodman (Justin),
Mark Jones and Stacy Scott;
38 great- grandchildren, and a host of extended family members and friends.
