TICKLE, Ruby Windle

Ruby Windle Tickle, 86, of Draper, Va., beloved wife, mother, and friend, departed this life on January 29, 2006, at Pulaski Community Hospital after a brief illness.

She went home to be with her Lord and Savior and her beloved husband, James “Phip” Tickle, Sr., and her wonderful son, James “Jimmy” Tickle.

Ruby was a lifelong resident of Draper and member of the Draper Valley Baptist Church. She was dedicated to her family, to her church, and to her many friends.

She was the daughter of the late William Floyd Windle and Bessie Jones Windle. Preceding her in death were her brothers, John Windle and Earnest Clyde Windle; her sisters, Virginia Cook, Nannie Quesenberry, Maggie Underwood, and Ruth Akers.

Ruby was a longtime employee of Pulaski Apparel and Lee Jeans and had served as a volunteer at Pulaski Community Hospital. Left with many beautiful memories are her children and spouses; her grandchildren; greatgrandchildren; and all those who knew her as “Granny Tickle”.

Her children are Johnny and Ruby Tickle, Draper, Jerry and Linda Tickle, Morris, Minn. and Bessie Tickle, Draper; grandchildren and spouses include Chris and Lynne Tickle, Richmond, Kelly and Jeff DeWitt, Roseville, Minn., Daphne and Lee LaFleur, Draper, Derek and Kim Tickle, Dublin, Jeffrey Tickle, St. Paul, Minn., Julie Tickle, St. Paul, Minn., and Bethany Tickle, Morris, Minn.; great-grandchildren are Philip and Pierce Tickle, Richmond, Kayla and Matthew Dewitt, Roseville, Minn., and Joshua Tickle, Dublin; grandchildren by devotion include Jennifer Bolling, Angela Hill, Joey and Bradley Rigney, and Ryan McCollum. Also surviving are her sister-in-law, Frances Windle; and numerous nieces and nephews, whom she loved dearly.

Although she loved the beauty of flowers, she would appreciate memorial donations in her honor to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1131, Fairfax, Va. 22038-1131 or the Draper Valley Baptist Church, 3200 Lee Highway, Draper, Va. 24324.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Draper Valley Baptist Church with the Rev. Wilford Overton officiating. Burial will follow in the Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Pulaski County. Visiting will be Wednesday evening from the Draper Valley Baptist Church where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., Pulaski, Va.