PORT GIBSON — Ruby Nell Beaube died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at her residence. She was 85.

A native and lifelong resident of Claiborne County, she was a graduate of Port Gibson High School and School of Cosmetology in Mobile, Ala., where she was employed before returning to Port Gibson. She was a hair designer for Myrtie Smith’s Beauty Shop in Port Gibson for several years. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, James E. Beaube of Port Gibson; two daughters, Judy Brown of Greenville and Deborah Quinn of Annandale, Va.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shiloh Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Ray Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Wintergreen Cemetery in Port Gibson. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 tonight at Glenwood Funeral Home in Port Gibson and Wednesday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.

Pallbearers will be Billy Parman, Stephen Parman, Hershel Byrnes, Randy Cranfield, Edgar Cain Jr., Earl Painter, James Quinn and Luke Byrnes.

Honorary pallbearers will be Wallace Parman, Roy Starnes, Vernon Brown, Willie James Slayton, Jerry Bufkin, James Burnett, Joe McCormick and Jimmy Newman.

Memorials may be made to Gideon’s International, P.O. Box 140800, Nashville, TN 37214-0800.