Funeral service for Ruby Jewel Mires will be at 1:00 pm Friday, December 21, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder Chapel with Rev. Namiqa Shipman, Lawton officiating.

Burial will be in the Mountain Park Cemetery, Mountain Park, Oklahoma.

The family will greet friends Friday from 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm prior to the service.

Former Mountain Park resident Ruby Jewel Mires, 99, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018 in Mobile, Alabama.  She was born the daughter of Frank and Myrtle Russell on December 10, 1919 in Dexter, Texas.  The family moved to Mountain Park, Oklahoma when she was 9 years old.  She grew up in the Mountain Park area and graduated from high school in 1937.  On June I, 1939 Ruby was united in marriage to Whitley E. (Chuck) Mires in the Baptist Church in Cordell, Oklahoma.  They were later blessed with three children, Joan Gayle, Gary and Sharon.  The family resided in Centerville, Con-8 and Mountain Park communities where she raised her family.  They moved to California for a brief time then returned to Mountain Park.  Ruby was an active member of the Friends Church at Con-8 as well as other community clubs.  Later she attended the First Baptist Church in Mountain Park.  She enjoyed making quilts for her children and grandchildren and was an excellent cook.  Ruby was a strong contributor to the Mountain Park Cemetery Association and instrumental in initiating the construction of the center Gazebo.  She was a very loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother always putting her family first.  She was a good Christian and very kind and generous person that always helped people in need.  She was loved by all.

Ruby is survived by her son Gary and wife Jan Mires of Mobile, Alabama, daughter Sharon and husband Dr. Robert L. Westerman of Stillwater, Oklahoma, granddaughter Nicole Taylor of Edmond, Oklahoma, four great grandchildren, Jocelyn, Zach, Jennings and Gabriele Taylor and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, infant daughter Joan Gayle, husband of 52 years Whitley E. (Chuck) Mires, four sisters, Juanita, Minnie Lee, Aline and Laphane, two brothers, Duane and Roy Gene Russell and two grandsons, Mark Mires and Dr. R. Brent Westerman.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Mountain Park Cemetery Association, c/o Anne Killian, 1201 HWY 183, Mountain Park, Oklahoma 73559.