Ruby Joan Akers
Ruby Joan Akers, 85, of Shinnston, W.Va., passed away Saturday, January 7, 2023, in Monongahela Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania. She was born at Lamberts Run in Harrison County January 18, 1937, to the late William Ray Howe and Arizona Shrader Howe.
She worked as a CNA at Locust Manor in Washington and at The Heritage in Bridgeport, W.Va.
She enjoyed sewing and baking. She was well known for her baked beans and fudge.
Ruby is survived by two daughters, Deborah K. Akers-Palmer and husband Gregg of Fredericktown, and Tammy Wentz and husband Eric of Morgantown, W.Va.; three grandsons, Geoffrey Jones and fiancee Halie Willard, Allen Bebout and wife Jennifer, and Lucas Bebout; three great-granddaughters, Lacey Higginbotham, Destiny Jones and Morgan Jones, and six great-grandsons, Preston Bebout, Chase Bebout, Brody Bebout, Wesley Bebout, Reid Bebout and Levi Heft; one great-great-grandson, Parker Hirschi; two nieces, Melody Maxwell and husband Scott, and Crystal Thompson and husband Eddie, all of Lumberport, W.Va.; four nephews, Randy Howe and wife Janie of Haywood, W.Va., Steve Howe, Melvin Howe and wife Kim, and Shane Howe and wife Tabby, all of Lumberport; and two sisters-in-law, June Howe and Wilma Howe, both of Lumberport.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Lemuel Akers; two brothers, Melvin and Carroll Howe; one sister, Eva Howe; one grandson, Ian Wentz; and one sister-in-law, Joann Howe. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
The family would like to thank and acknowledge Washington Health System – California office, Washington Health System Cardiovascular Care, Washington Health System Wound Care, Mountain State Dermatology, Hillman Cancer Center, East Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Department, and Amedisys Home Care Nurses.
Family and friends will be received from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, January 13, and from 12 to 1 p.m., the time of service, Saturday, January 14, in Dorsey Funeral Home, 701 S. Pike Street, Shinnston, W.Va., with Pastor Ron Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Shinnston Memorial Cemetery.
Dorsey Funeral Home is honored to be handling the arrangements for the Akers family.