NAME: RUBY JEWEL (FORT) LAUDERMILK , AGE 66, OF SEMINOLE AND A FORMER TUPELO RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 26, 1938 AT MALACOFF, TX. TO DURWOOD AND RUTH (WATKINS) FORT PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE IN SEMINOLE. OK. AGE: 66 YEARS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: RUBY ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GRANDE PRAIRIE, TX. MARRIED: J. D. LAUDERMILK ON JULY 7, 1958 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AT THE BLUE BELL WRANGLER PLANT IN SEMINOLE AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: RUBY WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN ATOKA AND A MEMBER OF THE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN SHAWNEE AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: J. D. OF THE HOME IN SEMINOLE, OK. CHILDREN: JAY ALLEN FRENCH AND WIFE JANET OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX. RHONDA LAY AND HUSBAND DEAN OF SEMINOLE, OK. DARRIN LAUDERMILK AND WIFE RHONDA, PARIS, TX. BROTHER: CHARLES D. FORT AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ARLINGTON, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: JANA FRENCH, JAMIE FRENCH, BRANDIE LUCAS, BUDDY LAUDERMILK, TIPHANNIE LAY, RYAN LAY, RENA LAY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: DURWOOD FORT. MOTHER AND STEPFATHER: RUTH AND J. M. FRENCH. SISTER: ESTELLE RICE.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VANCE BOWMAN. ASSISTING: DARRIN LAUDERMILK. CASKETBEARERS: AMOS LOUDERMILK, BUDDY LAUDERMILK, TIMOTHY BATES, VIRGIL LAMASTER, JOHNNY SAINS, MIKE FLINT.