Ruby Francis Akers

  General Notes:

Goes by Ruby, she was living in Vinton, Roanoke Co., Va. at her sister Thelma's death in April 2005.


The SSDI records:
Ruby A. Prillaman
SSN: 223-28-7007
Last Residence: 24179 Vinton, Roanoke, Virginia
Born: 27 Jan 1918
Died: 30 Mar 2008
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)


PRILLAMAN, Ruby Frances (Akers): 27 Jan 1918 - 30 Mar 2008
Source: online newspaper archive
The Roanoke Times, (VA) - April 1, 2008
Ruby Akers Prillaman, 90, of Vinton, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 30, 2008. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, who will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was a member of Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Vinton, a longtime professional candy maker at Old Dominion Candy Co. for 33 years, and also worked for 11 years for food services for Roanoke County Schools and Herman L. Horn Elementary School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Sally Akers; brothers, P. D. Akers, Jr. and Weldon Akers; and sisters, Thelma Montgomery and Eleanor Bowling. Surviving Mrs. Prillaman is her devoted husband of 69 years, Thomas Prillaman; her son, Alfred Prillaman and his wife, Nancy; her daughter, Rita Vaught; three grandchildren, Brian Prillaman and his wife, Nicole, Pamela Vaught and Melissa Vaught Okes and her husband, Andrew; her brothers, Herbert Akers and E. C. Akers; sisters, Beatrice Akers and Merle Prillaman; a devoted caregiver, Gloria Welch; a special niece, Doris Clark and her husband, Gerald; and a number of other nieces, nephews and friends. A funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Andrew S. Good officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, 540-982-2221.

Ruby married Thomas Jackson Prillaman, son of Henry Clay Prillaman and Eliza Genora Howery. (Thomas Jackson Prillaman was born on 20 Jul 1919 in Franklin Co, Va, died on 31 Mar 2013 in Vinton, Roanoke Co., Virginia and was buried on 4 Apr 2013 in Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton, Roanoke Co., VA.)