Ruby S. Ryan, 69, of Orange went home to be with her Lord on Monday, August 29, 2011, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

A Graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1, 2011, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Forrest Wood, pastor of First Baptist Church of Orangefield.

Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Jonesville, Louisiana on December, 25, 1941, Ruby was the daughter of Elton Clayton Ryan and Edna Boyd Ryan. Ruby was a valued employee at the Vidor Police Department where her coworkers were considered her ?other family.? She retired from the department following 30 years of service. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Orangefield.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Elton Lee Ryan, Archie Ryan, Howard Ryan, Richard Ryan; and four sisters, Lil Richardson, Joy Wyles, Myrtle Ryan and Juanita Marringer.

Those left to cherish Ruby?s memory are her daughter, Donna Lynn Ener and husband, Randy of Orange; granddaughter, Lacie Ener of Denton; step-daughters, Melanee Scales and husband Mark, Melissa Guidry and husband, Glen; and grandchildren, Erik Smith, Jarred Alleman, Aimee Scales, and Adam Scales all of Orange;

brother, Louis Ryan and wife, Janette of Houston; sisters, Shirley Wyles Watson of Dardanelle, Arkansas, Sarah Wyles and husband Dee of Pearl, Mississippi; sisters-in-law, Judy Ryan, Linda Ryan, Clara Wyles Fults, all of Orange; and many nieces and nephews who loved her dearly.