Ruby Latham

Ruby Latham, daughter of the late Jesse and Dora Lee VanAmburg McLain, was born in Oak Ridge, Missouri on August 5, 1920, and passed away at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Missouri on May 25, 2012, at the age of 91 years, 9 months and 20 days. She had lived in Dexter, Missouri area most of her life. She was of the Baptist Faith. She enjoyed gardening and flowers. On July 1, 1969, she was married to Edward Taylor Latham in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Surviving are her husband, Edward T. Latham of Dexter, Missouri; two sons, Thomas Allen Oshia of Amarillo, Texas, Gary Wayne Oshia of Dexter, Missouri; two daughters & spouse, Bertha Marie Oshia of Jacksonville, Illinois, Lana Sue & Walter Blackwell of Park Hills, Missouri; three grandchildren; six great grandchildren; two sisters, Wilda Rosseau of Denver, Colorado, Lucy Speers of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Other relatives and friends also survive. She was preceded in death by one son, Harold Oshia, one daughter, Wanda Ellis, and two brothers, John and Ivan McLain. Visitation will be held Monday, May 28, 2012, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri with Rev. Kenneth Biggs of Dexter, Missouri officiating. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Morehouse, Missouri in charge of arrangements.