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Obituary for Ruby Boone Scruggs Ruby Boone Scruggs
Former Clifton Forge Resident Dies In Lynchburg

Ruby Boone Scruggs, age 79, of 3000 Birchwood Drive, Lynchburg, VA, formerly of Clifton Forge, Virginia died Friday, September 20, 2013 at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg.

She was born August 12, 1934 in Selma, Virginia, a daughter of the late Merle R. and Stella Paitsel Boone.

She was a member of the Faith Alliance Church in Lynchburg, a former member of Central United Methodist Church in Clifton Forge, and a retired Property Manager for the Quadrangle Development Corp. of Washington, D.C.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; Warren B. Scruggs, Jr. in 2006, and a sister, Gerlene Boone Pashion.

She is survived by two sons: Warren B. Scruggs, III, of Lynchburg and Merle E. Scruggs and his wife, Gloria, of Baltimore, Maryland; a sister, Marlene Hanna, of Lynchburg, Virginia; a grandson; Matthew Scruggs and his wife, Farah; 3 granddaughters: Amanda LaGuardia and her husband, Eli, Katie Schroeck and her husband, Adam, and Theresa LaGuardia; two great grandsons: Wyatt and Xavier Schroeck, and many nieces and nephews.

A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the Alleghany Memorial Park Mausoleum in Low Moor, VA, with the Pastor Yossi Shalev officiating. Entombment will follow immediately.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Mausoleum Chapel. The family suggests that memorial tributes take the form of contributions in her memory to the Faith Alliance Church, 2808 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg, Virginia 24502.