Ruby P. Palmer, age 81, of Maurice
River Township died Monday, July 7, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in
Philadelphia where she had been a patient for four months.
Born in Clearwater, Florida she was the daughter of the late Tony Jones,
Jr. and Alfreda Jones and the wife of the late Lester T. Palmer, Sr. She
had been a resident of Port Elizabeth for 60 years and had lived in
Hopewell Township prior to that.
Mrs. Palmer had formerly been employed at the Vineland Development
Center and in the seafood industry in Bivalve.
A member of the Cedar Grove Baptist Church, she loved gospel singing and
playing miniature golf.
She is survived by four daughters, Sheila L. Sales of Vineland,
Gwendolyn Cannon of Millville, Ruby L. Fields of Egg Harbor Township and
Annie M. Street of Bridgeton; four sons, Lester T. Palmer, Jr. of
Norfolk, VA, Aaron Palmer and James Palmer both of Millville and Mark F.
Palmer of Bridgeton; one brother, Josephus Campbell of Florida, 7
grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by two
sons, John Charles Palmer and an infant son, a brother, Ernest Jones and
a sister, Beatrice Williams.
Funeral services will be held at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 1191
Marshall Mill Road, Malaga on Saturday, July 12th at 1 p.m.
Burial will take place at Cedar Hill Memorial Park in Hopewell Township.
Friends may call on Saturday from 12 to 1 p.m. prior to the services at
the church.
Arrangements are the direction of the PADGETT FUNERAL HOME, Upper
Deerfield Township.
Written condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home
website at www.padgettfuneralhome.com.
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