Funeral Brochure

RUBY NELL CRAWFORD, AGE 85, OF SAINT PETERS, MISSOURI 

PASSED AWAY ON JULY 27, 2024 IN CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI. SHE 

WAS BORN IN HUGHES, ARKANSAS TO JOHN WESLEY JONES AND 

EZRA WOODS. RUBY MARRIED JOHN P. CRAWFORD IN 1956 AND 4 

DAUGHTERS WERE BORN TO THIS UNION. 

RUBY WAS ONE OF THE 1ST FEMALE IRON WORKERS AT SCULLIN 

STEEL, A SUPERVISOR AT MACY’S (FORMERLY FAMOUS–BARR), WHERE 

SHE RETIRED IN 2006. AFTER RETIREMENT SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER 

TIME TRAVELING THE US AND CRUISING THE CARIBBEAN. RUBY WAS 

A VERY INVOLVED AND ACTIVE MOTHER TO HER 4 GIRLS. 

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, JOHN WESLEY JONES 

AND EZRA WOODS; HENRY MCKINNIES, HER CONSTANT COMPANION LATER IN LIFE.

RUBY LEAVES HER SISTERS PERLINE, DIANE AND PAM OF DETROIT, 

MI; HER DAUGHTERS; AVA CRAWFORD, PAULA CRAWFORD–ACKLIN 

(VERNON), CONSTANCE CRAWFORD, AND KIMBERLY SCHAFBUCH 

(PAUL). GRANDSONS, COURTNEY, PHILIP (KIM), CRAWFORD, AND 

WESLEY. GREAT–GRANDCHILDREN, JADEN, JOAQUIN, AND AVA 

RUBY, A NIECE, NEPHEW, AND A HOST OF LOVING FAMILY AND 

FRIENDS. 

THANK YOU 

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR 

YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT DURING THIS 

TIME. YOUR SHARED MEMORIES, COMFORTING 

CONDOLENCES AND GESTURES OF LOVE ARE 

TRULY APPRECIATED.