Mrs. Ruby Johnson Fowler, 88, died on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Scotia Village in Laurinburg.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Morris Morgan Room at Scotia Village officiated by the Rev. C.F. McDowell, III.

Ruby was born on May 1, 1924 in Galivants Ferry, S.C., the daughter of the late Stanley and Annie Lou Murrow Johnson. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Ruby was a former Registered Nurse at Scotland Memorial Hospital and also worked as a social worker and attendance counselor for the Scotland County School System. Ruby was a talented seamstress and artist. Her loving and caring nature was a blessing to many during her lifetime.

She is survived by her husband of 69 years Robert B. Fowler, two daughters: Carol Fowler of Laurinburg and Evelyn Fischer and husband Ralph of Charlotte, son-in-law William S. Myers, Sr. and wife Carolyn of Greenville, brother Palmer Johnson and wife Nora of Laurinburg, five grandchildren: William Steve Myers, Jr. and wife Jodi, Kathryn Fowler Myers, Christopher Oates, Harris Ipok, and Corey Fischer and wife Jacqueline, three great-grandchildren: Paxton Lewis, John Myers, and Ellen Fischer. She was preceded in death by her daughter Kathryn Ann Fowler Myers, brother Bill Johnson, and two sisters: Frances J.Shelley and Sally J. Graham.

Memorials may be made to the Scotia Village Foundation, 2200 Elm Ave., Laurinburg, NC 28352.

McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium is serving the family.