Ruby Jean Angus and William Smith Jr.

RUBY JEAN ANGUS, daughter of EVA HUSTON and LEE CALVERT ANGUS, was born April 23, 1928 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma,⁸⁶⁶² and died September 7, 2012.⁸⁶⁶² She is buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida.⁴⁵⁶

She married DR. WILLIAM SMITH JR. on July 21, 1951 in First Baptist Church, Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma.^{6738, 9276} He was born February 7, 1926 in Pearson, Atkinson, Georgia,⁴⁵⁶ and died May 4, 2017.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida.⁴⁵⁶

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• Ruby Jean Angus was a member of the First Baptist Church, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida. ⁸⁶⁶²

Ponca City News, July 22, 1951⁹²⁷⁶

Miss Ruby Jean Angus Is Bride of Dr. William Smith

THE CHAPEL of the First Baptist church was the scene of the wedding Saturday evening of Miss Ruby Jean Angus to Dr. William Smith, jr. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Taylor, Doctor Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of Pearson, Ga.

Baskets of pink and white gladioli, palms and candelabra bearing lighted tapers formed the background for the double ring ceremony which was read by the Rev. Kermit Whiteaker of Stillwater as the bridal couple knelt on a prie-dieu. Huckleberry and lighted tapers were used to decorate the chapel windows for the occasion.

Preceding the ceremony, Miss Colleen Leehan sang "Because" and "The Lord's Prayer" with Mrs. J. T. Sanders as accompanist.

The bride chose for her wedding a ballerina length frock of white Swiss imported embroidered organdy styled with cap sleeves, the cuffs of which were edged in ball trim. A bouffant gathered skirt and self-covered buttons completed the dress details. Her fingertip veil of bridal illusion fell from a braided white satin bandeau. Organdy elbow length gloves and white linen opera pumps completed her costume. She carried a white Bible crested with an orchid.

Miss Peggy Parker, who attended the bride as maid of honor, wore pale green dotted Swiss over taffeta, also styled in the ballerina length with a flared gathered skirt and cuffed cap sleeves. She carried a Colonial bouquet of white daisies tied with pink. Her headdress was made of pale green dotted swiss.

Mis Carol McKinley of Oklahoma City, who lighted the candles, wore pale pink dotted swiss over taffeta fashioned like that of the maid of honor. Her headdress also was of the dress material. She wore a wristlet of pink daisies.

Attending the bridegroom as best man was his brother, Dr. Leo Smith of Waycross, Ga. Ushers were Lt. Clyde Smith of Puerto Rico and William Tapp and Bill Fawcett of this city.

For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Taylor chose a navy blue crepe with a corsage of pink rosebuds.

IMMEDIATELY following the ceremony, a reception was held in the church social rooms.

A white satin and lace cloth covered the serving table which was centered by a bouquet of pink asters and huckleberry, flanked by crystal holders. Presiding at the table were Mrs. Leo Smith of Waycross, Ga., and Mrs. E. C. Hurd, of Havana, Kan. Other assistants were Miss Patsy Cosgrove of Oklahoma City, Mrs. J. E. Guy and Miss Darlene Widner. Mrs. William Fawcett kept the guest book.

For traveling, the bride wore a tan Salyna dress and jacket with rose and navy trim, a navy hat trimmed in rose and white accessories.

Among the out of town guests at the wedding were Dr. and Mrs. Leo Smith and Tony and Betty of Waycross, Ga., Lt. Clyde Smith of Puerto Rico, Miss Patsy Cosgrove and Miss Carol McKinley and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sharpe of Oklahoma City, Ed Koup of Enid, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hundley of Fairfax, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hurd of Havana, Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. George Bowman of Grainola.

Doctor and Mrs. Smith will establish their residence in Memphis, Tenn., where Doctor Smith will begin is internship at John Gaston hospital August 1.

Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Oklahoma A. & M. college, Stillwater, and for the past year taught school at Fairfax.

Doctor Smith is a graduate of the Georgia school of technology and of the medical college of Georgia. Until recently, he has been associated with the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies at Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Tallahassee Democrat, September 14, 2012⁸⁶⁶²

Ruby Angus Smith

Ruby Angus Smith, 84, passed away on Friday, September 7th, 2012.

Ruby Jean Angus was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on April 23, 1928. She was the second daughter of Lee Calvin Angus and Eva Huston Angus.

When Ruby was five in 1933, she lost her father. After his passing, Ruby and her mother went to live in San Bernardino, California for a time where ruby was loved and cared for by her maternal grandparents, Frank and Abigail Huston. Ruby and her mother returned to live in Ponca City, Oklahoma where her mother opened and operated a Beauty Parlor. Ruby was active in the Baptist Church and graduated from Ponca City High school in 1946.

Ruby attended Oklahoma A&M University (now Oklahoma State University) from 1946 to 1950, graduating with a degree in journalism. In the summer of 1948 between her sophomore and junior college years, she worked as a waitress at the Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly where she met the love of her life, a Georgia Baptist, William Smith Jr. "Bill" Smith was about to start his second year of medical school in the fall of 1948. Ruby taught school in Fairfax, Oklahoma during the 1950/1951 school year. After Bill graduated from medical school in 1951, he and Ruby were married in Ponca City, Oklahoma on July 21, 1951. While Bill did his internship in Memphis, Tennessee, Ruby again taught school during the 1951/1952 school year.

Ruby and Bill then moved to Corryton, Tennessee where Bill worked with a General Practitioner. THe young couple moved again to Bainbridge, Georgia, where Bill served in the U.S. Air Force. They then moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where Bill did his Orthopeadic Residency. While they were living in Oklahoma City, their son Lee Angus Smith, was born in 1956. Two years later, a daughter, Ann Elizabeth Smith was born in 1958. THe young family then moved to Tallassee, Florida where Bill started an Orthopeadic Medical Practice in August 1959, which continued until January 1988. During this time, Ruby reared her children in a loving Christian home. Also during this time she was active in the Medical Auxiliary and enjoyed working in many ministries at the First Baptist Church in Tallahassee. She worked with college students and internationals, and taught sixth grade Training Union and fourth and fifth grade Sunday school. She also sang in the Adult Choir and worked on the church Pulpit Committee. While teaching Sunday School, her students always enjoyed visiting her home at Christmas for a very special "after caroling" Christmas party.

Upon Bill's retirement, she enjoyed traveling with him on many camping trips and on "locum tenens" medical assignments. Family was very important to Ruby, so she always made sure her children and grandchildren spent time in her home for special dinners during holiday times.

Ruby was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and will be greatly missed by her husband of 61 years, Bill, her son Lee A. Smith, her daughter and son-in-law Ann and David Burgess, and her two grandchildren, Taylor Alan Burgess and Sarah Elizabeth Burgess.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Betty Lou Angus.