Ruby was remarkably young for someone 106 years old! She always spoke @ family reunions and told stories about the history of the family. John_ston, Ruby Sisson_ (http://www.legacy.com/roanoke/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=20010330) (http://www.legacy.com/roanoke/Guestbook.asp?Page=GuestBook&PersonID=20010330) Ruby Sisson Johnston, passed away Monday, November 20, 2006. She was born on March 28, 1900 in Shawsville, Virginia to Thomas and Mary Sisson, the fifth of ten children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarke Johnston. She is survived by three daughters, Nancy L. Thomson (Mrs. David A.), Alice J. Callison, and Alleene J. Dalzell (Mrs. Thomas J.); five grandchildren, Judith Callison, Florida, Jane Sexton, South Carolina, Suzanne Warner, Bedford, Nancy Wells, Culpepper and Patrick Dalzell, Atlanta; 11 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren. Educated as a teacher at Radford College she taught and was principal in numerous schools throughout Roanoke County. Her many accolades include member and treasurer of the Roanoke County Junior Women's Club when the first library of Roanoke County was organized; President of the Roanoke County Women's Club when the Cancer Clinic, as it was then known, supported by the County and the City Women's Clubs, affiliated with the State Cancer Society; made an honorary member of the Roanoke County Women's Club and served as President of the County Federation of Women's Clubs. She helped organize and was a charter member of the Oakland Garden Club, the first garden club in Roanoke County, where she served four terms as President. She served on the Red Cross Board as Chairwomen of the Home Services Department during World War II. She was President and a life member of the Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs, and a member of the State and National Federation of Garden Clubs. She was President of the Roanoke Valley Unit of Parliamentarians which she helped organize. She was a member of Greene Memorial Methodist Church since 1926. She was a member of the William Preston Chapter of the D.A.R., a member of the Roanoke Fine Arts Center and a member of the Electra Chapter Eastern Star. Funeral services will be conducted at 12 noon Friday from Oakey's Roanoke Chapel with the Rev. Arthur E. Grant and Dr. M. Douglas Newman officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Burial Park. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, where the family will be from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Friday. The family would like to thank the staff and caregivers of Loyalton of Roanoke and the caregivers of Good Samaritan Hospice for their loving care. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Greene Memorial United Methodist Church or Good Samaritan Hospice. Published in the Roanoke Times from 11/22/2006 - 11/23/2006.