Mrs. Elinor "Ruth" Boney, age 70, of Vancleave, MS, passed away on Friday, April 9, 2021, in Vancleave, MS.
Ruth was born on August 10, 1950, in Biloxi, MS, to Leslie Byrd Jr. and Eula Marie Byrd.
She attended St. Martin schools and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary, where she held the offices of President, Vice President and Secretary. Her hobbies included music, reading, cooking, raising children and grandchildren and giving lots of love to them. She also loved trips to Gatlinburg, TN. Ruth was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean Springs.
She was preceded in death by her father, Leslie Byrd Jr. and son, Billy Boney.
Survivors include her mother, Marie Byrd, husband, Robert Boney, son, Christopher Boney, daughter, Anna Boney, grandchildren, Stephen Sauls, Matthew Sauls, Hailey Boney, Blake Boney, Alexis Boney, Victoria Lamey, Travis Hilton, McKinley Boling and Wyatt Goff, great-grandchildren, Melody Richard and Adalynn Courtney and siblings, Merita Byrd and Dale Byrd.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, April 14, from 10am until 11am, with an 11am chapel service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 12:30pm in Biloxi National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to the American Cancer Society. They would also like to thank Kare In Home Hospice
for their care and compassion.