Ruby Taylor's Obituary

Union: Services for Ms. Ruby Taylor will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Milling Funeral Home Chapel of Union. Burial will be held at Union City Cemetery. Bro. James Galloway and Dr. Jon Martin will officiate.

Visitation will be held 10:00-11:00 am prior to the service Tuesday at Milling Funeral Home of Union.

Carrying on the legacy are her sister Dorothy Sue Belk Cook, daughters- in -law ,

Mable Jean Galloway (Dwight), Michael Galloway (Bill), grandchildren, Elizabeth

Turnage (Albert), James Galloway (Melissa), Melinda Breazeale (John), Riley

Galloway (Erin), Leslie Galloway, Michelle Lance (Dustin), Jessica Dickerson

(Spencer), and Cherie Polk (Jim), fourteen great-grandchildren and many nieces

and nephews.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents, her three sons, her daughter- in -

law, Carolyn Galloway (Jim) and husbands Clarence Galloway and Will Taylor.

Christ and Family – that is wh at Ruby was about. Nearly ninety-four years of

family, love and laughter, all centered around and grounded in Christ. She was

born Ruby Inez Kilpatrick on June 11, 1 927 , to Jesse James and Mertie Skinner

Kilpatrick. She was married to James Clarence Galloway in 1944 and had three

sons, Clarence Dwight, whom she called her strength, James Riley, whom she

called her joy , and William Clark, whom she called her heart.

Of her fi rst born, her humor was shown through when she wrote that , " when

she first looked him over, and still half asleep from the gas, (she said) , " Oh , how

glad I am he wasn ' t a girl – his feet are too big! "

In the early Fall of 1951, when the cotton bolls were round and ripe and ready

for harvest, husband Clarence was working a carpentry job out of town. Ruby,

too, was round and ripe with her third son, Bill. Ruby ' s tenaciousness was evident

as she ceased picking cotton and having no phone or available transportation, she

le ft a note in the mailbox asking the mailman to take her to the hospital. It was

probably not many months after that, that the same mailman received another

note , this time from older brother Jim. Seems Jim had had enough of his baby

brother and wanted the mailman to " please, take him back. " Since that didn ' t

work, Jim managed to talk Bill into lots of trouble through their childhood years.

Ruby raised her three sons, despite their boyish mischievousness, instilling in

them the love of Christ as she attended First Baptist in Union, MS, where she

taught Sunday Scho ol . In 1958, she began working at Midland Shirt Factory

where she made many friends during her 37 years with the company.

Husband Clarence died in 1975 while she was still working at Midland. There she

met Will Taylor and they were married in 1977. She soon retired and began using

her time for volunteering at Laird ' s Hospital where she was recognized as

Volunteer of the Year and presented with their Katie Mae Sadler Award. She

continued tea ch ing Sunday School and after about 60 years , reluctantly retired

from teaching only because her eyesight was failing her. She loved gardening

and growing flowers, especially tall sunflowers . She took pride in preparing meals

for her sons and their families as they gathered to share the food, the love, the

laughter, and the memories of many boyhood pranks around her large dining

ta ble.

On Saturday, May 29th 2021, Ru by was finaly reunited with her sons and began

rejoicing and dancing in Heaven with her Holy Father. We too, rejoice for her in

remembering the legacy of Christian faith she left for us as a family.

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