Ruby Lea Williams Luce, 83, passed away November 8, 2019, at her home in Kyle, Texas, after complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Ruby was born April 14, 1936, in Anacoco, Louisiana, to parents, Jesse Williams and Mary Jane Marcus. She was the fourth of five children, growing up on a farm. As a teenager, she worked the soda pop counter at a local pharmacy and played guard on the girls’ varsity basketball team.
While working at Fort Polk, Louisiana, Ruby met and married Thomas Hayden Luce. Ruby and Thomas lived throughout Texas, including Falfurrias, Killeen, Austin, and Boling, and retired to Buda, Texas, to be closer to their children and grandchildren. MaMa Ruby was known to many of her grandkids’ friends, as she and PaPa Thomas where an important presence in their lives.
