Ruby Nancy Edwards Redding, 89, formally of Middletown, VA, departed this life on September 9, 2019.
Ruby, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother was born in 1930 in North Tazewell, VA. She was the daughter of James Meek Edwards and Macie Missouri Edwards. Ruby married Albert C. Redding on February 3, 1965, in Falls Church, VA.
Ruby was an Army wife and worked at Weis Grocery in Centreville, VA retiring in 1995. After moving to Middletown, she and husband Al opened and operated Redding’s Relics, a shop on Reliance Road, refurbishing and selling oak furniture. Following Al’s death, she continued to operate the shop for over seven years.
Ruby is survived by daughters Karen Elizabeth Whitmon Loughry, Potomac, MD; Renee Nancy Rood Spiker, Stephens City, VA; a son Albert C. Redding II, Bristow, VA; eight grandchildren (James Whitmon, II, Patrick Cook, Jesica Demoulin, Megan Ramey, Brittany Wisinski, Kodie Rood, Gage Rood and Albert Redding, III); and, nine great-grandchildren (James III & Natalie Whitmon, Alexus Summers, Rylan, Sydney, & Madison Stout, Briea & Myleigh Ramey and Avie Milroy).
Ruby was predeceased in death by her mother Macie Edwards; her father Meek Edwards; her husband Albert Redding; two daughters Pamela Sue Kinder and Janet Macie Kinder; five brothers Dan, Tate, James, John and Leland Edwards; and, two sisters Lettie Lambert and Lucy Hampton.
Ruby’s funeral will be held at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel, 1260 Front Royal Pike, Winchester, VA on Friday, September 13, 2019 at 12:30 PM. A gathering for family and friends will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 pm on Thursday evening. Interment will be at Shenandoah Memorial Park, Winchester, VA. An informal reception at the Omps South Chapel facility will follow the interment.