[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 55 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING RUBY LEE JOSEPH

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 21, 1999

  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of 
Ruby Lee Joseph, who died at the age of 67, on her birthday, June 20, 
1998. Ruby Lee died surrounded by the people she loved most, her 
family. She was a role model, a community leader, and a dedicated 
mother and grandmother.
  Ms. Joseph was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She graduated from 
Jack Yates High School in 1949. Later she was married to Leroy Joseph, 
and together they had seven children. They raised their children with 
love and a strong sense of values, and all seven successfully graduated 
from college.
  Ruby Lee extended her familial bonds beyond those who were her blood. 
Throughout the community she was affectionately known as ``Grann'' or 
``Ms. Ruby''. She leaves behind numerous ``adopted'' children and 
friends who will cherish her memory.
  Ms. Ruby was well-known in the community for her service at East 
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and the Blue Triangle YWCA. She 
touched many lives, friends and strangers alike. She taught her family 
and friends to live by the Golden Rule. She instilled in her children 
that you should help others who needed it and to forgive others 
selflessly. Ruby Lee not only taught these valuable lessons, but 
exhibited them in her everyday life.
  Ruby Lee is preceded in death by her husband, parents, granddaughter 
Jasmine Joseph, and great granddaughter Tatiayana Garner.
  She leaves behind her children: Paula Sharleen and husband Ronald 
Crawford; Jeffrey Leon, Gerald Wayne and wife Marjorie; Gregory Allen 
and wife Debra; Iona Pearl, Reuben Lawrence and wife Deidre; Sharon Ann 
and husband Aaron Hughes; grandchildren: Gregory Wayne, Consuela and 
husband David Garner; Marcus, Antrice, Yolande, Candace, Crystal, 
Corey, Courtney, Justin, Christian, Jared, Gregory II, Reuben II, 
Reginald, and Aaron Alexander, Audrey and Denesa; her great 
grandchildren: Demontray, Ariel, A'reona and Dante. She also leaves her 
sister Kathleen Sander and husband Lonnie; her brother Wayne Anderson 
and wife Rosamond; her uncle Horace Mann Moore; her cousin Helen Jones; 
her stepmother Ruth Allen; her aunt Maggie Moore; three brothers-in-law 
Arthur, Ellis and Earl Joseph, and numerous ``adopted'' children, 
grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask all the Members of the House to join me in paying 
tribute to the life of Ruby Lee Joseph. She touched our lives and our 
hearts, and she will be greatly missed.

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