Ruby Mae Ross, age 85, of Sarcoxie, MO passed from this life on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center. Mrs. Ross was born June 15, 1924, in Miller, MO, the daughter of the late Ernest and Gladys Smith Whittenburg. She was a homemaker and a member of the Evangel Assembly of God Church in Carthage, MO. Ruby married Harold Athel Ross and he preceded her in death on August 19, 2001. Survivors include on son, Harold Ross, Reeds, MO; one daugther, Marilyn Jo Brust, Carthage, MO; one brother, Willard Whittenburg, Mt. Vernon, MO; two sisters, Ruth Fobair, Mt. Vernon, and Betty Branson, of the State of Oregon; six grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, Gene Whittenburg; two sisters, Dorothy Frazier and Ina Jo Whittenburg; one grandson, Kevin Brust; and two great grandchildren, Zachary Freelend and Lacey Ross. Funeral services will be held on August 15, 2009 in the Housh-Goodwin Chapel with Reverend Mark Shaffer officiating. Interment will be in Park Cemetery, Carthage, MO.