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Ruby Reekes Cannon
07/11/1931 - 11/10/2022
Mrs. Ruby Reekes Cannon, age 91 of South Hill, died Thursday, November 10, 2022 in VCU/Community Memorial Hospital. She was the co-owner of the Plaza-Villa Skating Rink and Cannon Motor Company both in La Crosse then later retired from Roses. She loved playing cards and Bingo but most of all she was devoted to her family.
Ruby is survived by a daughter Wendy Tippette and husband Dan of Wilmington, N.C., three granddaughters; Ginger Cannon of Williamsburg, Kim E. Gardner and husband Bill of Midlothian and Terri Jones and husband Steve of South Hill, two grandsons; Dalton Tippette of San Francisco, CA. and Henry Edmonds and wife Brittany of La Crosse, seven great grandchildren and a special friend Ricky House. She was predeceased by two sons; Danny C. Cannon and Barry M. Cannon and a daughter Joyce Edmonds Hodges. She was the last of fourteen children.
A graveside funeral service will be conducted Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 3:00 P. M. in Crestview Memorial Park. The family suggest Memorial contributions in Ruby’s name to the Mecklenburg County Cancer Association, P. O. Box 311, Chase City, VA. 23924. Online condolences may be made through our website, www.crowderhitecrews.com. Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Cannon family.
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At Crowder-Hite-Crews we’ve always been proud to say that we are large enough to serve and small enough to care. When you choose us, we consider this a sacred trust between your family and ours. We offer a full range of funeral service, whether for a traditional funeral or cremation, and we are able to assist families worldwide. In February of 2004 we installed a crematorium to better serve our cremation families. We now do all cremations in our facility, saving transport to another location for this service. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the cremation process.
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Ruby was a sweet lady use to see her at Roses always busy working.Know she will be missed.❤🙏
Friend
I am so sorry for your loss when I saw Mrs Ruby she was so sweet to me I am so thankful I got to meet her a couple of times. She will be missed dearly but never forgotten.
Sweet beautiful soul
I met Ms.Ruby at church. Every Sunday I would see her and loved seeing her smiling face. She would give me a hug. Ms. Ruby was a sweet soul. She loved many people. She loved her family and friends. I will truly miss her. LOVE YOU MS. RUBY! HUGS and LOVE from Lori 🫂 ❤ Wollenberg
Sweet soul
Ruby worked for me at Rose’s. She was a sweet soul. She knew everyone who came in to shop. Her and Josie were the best two workers you could ask for running your front checkouts. Thanks for your service! God Bless you Ruby!