Extracted from The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Sunday, December 5, 1993

Ruby Hailes Murff Bender

ABERDEEN -- Ruby Hailes Murff Bender, 97, died Saturday at Aberdeen-Monroe County Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Lann Memorial Funeral Home with burial in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery. She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women and was a member of Aberdeen First Baptist Church.

Mrs. Bender leaves a daughter, Helen Murff Galloway of Aberdeen; a sister, Leola Hailes of Brandon, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, any memorials be sent to First Baptist Church or a charity of the donor's choice.