Ruby "Struby" Lee Overton

RUBY "STRUBY" PERRY OVERTON, 89 YEARS OF AGE, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 20, 2024 AT HER HOME IN ROCKPORT, TEXAS.

STRUBY WAS BORN IN BONUS, TEXAS, TO JOHN HENRY PERRY AND ROSALIE JANAK PERRY. SHE ATTENDED SOUTHWEST TEXAS UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS. FOLLOWING GRADUATION SHE AND HER BELOVED HUSBAND, BOB LEE OVERTON. WERE MARRIED AUGUST 24, 1957, AT LISSIE, TEXAS. 

STRUBY WORKED 44 YEARS IN THE CAREER FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY, 32 YEARS WITH IBM, AND 12 YEARS WITH STANDARDS COMPANY. DURING THOSE YEARS SHE WAS REQUIRED TO TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY FOR BOTH COMPANIES TO OFFICES IN LONDON, ENGLAND, PARIS, FRANCE, ROME, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, AND AUSTRALIA. 

TOGETHER BOB AND STRUBY SPENT COUNTLESS NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS PLAYING COMMERCIAL LEAGUE BASKETBALL IN THE HOUSTON AND PASADENA AREAS, WHERE STRUBY PLAYED WITH VARIOUS TEAMS FOR LaRose CLEANERS. IN LATER YEARS THOUGH BOTH BOB AND STRUBY'S LOVE FOR GOLF DEVELOPED WHILE LIVING INITIALLY IN THE QUAIL VALLEY COMMUNITY AND LATER IN ROCKPORT. STRUBY NEVER TIRED OF GOLF WHERE SHE MET SOME OF HER CLOSEST FRIENDS AND WHERE SHE WAS THE LEADING FORCE WHO FOUNDED "THE NINERS" AT ROCKPORT COUNTRY CLUB. TO THIS DAY HER BELOVED NINERS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR NON-COMPETITIVE GOLF, CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS, AND FUN GIRL COMRAUDERIE, WHICH SHE DAILY ENCOURAGED TO THE EMERGING MEMBERSHIP. DURING STRUBY'S FAILING HEALTH, IT WAS ALWAYS HER DESIRE AND MOTIVATION TO RALLY TO HAVE ONE MORE DAY OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE. 

STRUBY ALSO ENJOYED WETTING A LINE ANY CHANCE SHE HAD. SHE SHOWED ENDLESS PATIENCE AS SHE FISHED WHETHER WADING OR JUST SITTING HOURS ON THE BANKS OF A COASTAL BAY IN TEXAS OR A COLORADO POND OR LAKE. 

BOBBIE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS DRY SENSE OF HUMOR WHILE DURING THEIR 66 YEARS OF MARRIAGE STRUBY WAS THE SWEET WOMAN WHO CALMLY KEPT EVERYTHING ELSE TOGETHER. WHILE HE "PIDDLED AROUND" IN THE GARAGE, STRUBY WAS USUALLY BUSY KEEPING AN ORDERLY OFFICE AND HOUSE OR PERFECTING HER NEXT FAVORITE RECIPE; SHE WAS A WONDERFUL COOK, AS MANY OF HER FRIENDS WILL ATTEST! 

STRUBY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED HUSBAND, BOB LEE OVERTON, HER PARENTS, JOHN AND ROSALIE PERRY, TWO SISTERS, EDNA MAY PERRY NIX, AND LUCILLE PERRY LANGE, AND THREE BROTHERS, GEORGE, HERBERT AND WILLIAM PERRY. 

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 30,2024 AT CHARLIE MARSHALL FUNERAL HOME IN ROCKPORT WITH PASTOR MELISSA LIND OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ROCKPORT OFFICIATING. THIS SERVICE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A VISITATION ON-SITE WITH AN INTERMENT SERVICE AT LAKESIDE CEMETERY IN EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS TO FOLLOW.

PALL BEARERS WILL BE JON HEFFRON, BILLY HUDDLESTON, MIKE PERRY, DeWAYNE DURHAM, VIC CANGELOSI, AND BOB MEADOR. 

THE FAMILY REQUESTS IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL DONATIONS BE MADE TO ST. JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OR SHRINERS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.