Ruby Jane Graham was born October 30, 1926 in Eufaula, Oklahoma to George and Lena Bell (Brandon) Creekbaum and passed from this life December 22, 2017 in McAlester, Oklahoma at the age of 91.
Ruby was raised in the Eufaula area and attended the Deere's Chapel School. Her family did farm work and she did much of the plowing while her brothers were serving during World War II. As a young lady she moved with her family to California. There she met and married Ray Graham in the early 1940's. They relocated to Texas where they lived until coming to Oklahoma in the early 1950's, settling in Tulsa. They then moved to Hanna in about 1956, later to Dustin, and finally settled in Wetumka where Ruby had resided some 52 years.
Ruby worked as a seamstress at Lillian Russell in Wewoka and Seamproof in Holdenville for several years. She enjoyed arts and crafts, creating most anything with fabric, dominoes, word searches, and picking up pecans.
Ruby was preceded in death by a twin sister Ruth Ann, three sisters, four brothers, and her husband Ray.
Survivors include: 7 children, Alene Hansen and husband Dale of Athens, TX, Peggy Cope and husband Phillip of Henryetta, Nelda Durham and husband Jess of Holdenville, Ramona Enderli and husband Larry Joe of Cove TX, Lanis Ray Graham of Linden, TX, Daniel Graham of Tulsa and Tommy Graham of Gatesville, TX; 16 grandchildren, along with several great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 27, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Wetumka with Rev. Claude Butler, pastor, officiating. Grandsons and other family members will serve as pallbearers. Interment will be in the Wetumka Cemetery under the direction of Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home.