Ruby Lee Mc Bee

RUBY LEE McBEE, 86, DIED THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2000 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. SHE WAS A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A SELF EMPLOYED ACCOUNTANT AND CHARTER MEMBER OF THE ARDEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE HAD SERVED AS CHURCH CLERK FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE STARED THE FIRST W.M.U IN THE CHURCH, WAS A FORMER TEACHER OF SPECIAL MINISTRIES, TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND SANG IN THE CHOIR. MRS. McBEE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTANTS IN WHICH SHE RECEIVED THE MOST VALUABLE MEMBER AWARD IN 1973 AND A MEMBER OF THE SKYLAND CHAPTER OF THE AARP. SHE SERVED AS AREA CAPTAIN OF THE W.N.C. DIVISION FOR 22 YEARS OF TOPS OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER AND WAS THE TOPS CLUB QUEEN IN 1997. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE BRON VASQUE AND BESSIE ELOISE MAXWELL ALEXANDER AND WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE TED ROOSEVELT McBEE WHO DIED MACH 11, 1968 AND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER DAUGHTER, ELOISE ANN McBEE WHO DIED AUGUST 27, 1974. SURVIVING ARE HER SONS, KENNETH TED McBEE AND WIFE, MARTHA JO OF TALMO, GEORGIA AND MAURICE McBEE AND WIFE, MARTHA JEAN OF JONESBORO, GEORGIA; SISTERS, ELVA LANNING AND ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, BOTH OF ASHEVILLE; 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 1:30 P.M. SUNDAY AT ARDEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVS STEPHEN C. SUMMERS AND SCOTT LYNCH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN AT PISGAH VIEW MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9 P.M. SATURDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS AMY BE MADE TO ARDEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 3839 SWEETEN CREEK RD., ARDEN, NC 28704. TO REGISTER ON LINE PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.