Ruby Mae Tipton

Ruby Mae Jeko, McLain, Tipton was born October 14, 1928, in Port Arthur, Texas. She was the middle child of Jewel and Hazel Heard, Jeko. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, married W.M. (Dub) McLain in September of 1947 and was married 45 years. They raised two daughters in Port Arthur and Ruby worked at Sears and Roebuck until she retired in December of 1989, after 33 years of service. She served as President of American Business Women’s Association Clubs in Port Arthur and Groves, TX. In 1979, Ruby and her husband moved to his grandfather’s (Bill Moye) old homestead, west of Warren, TX, where they raised cows on the Horsepen Creek Ranch for 13 years. After becoming a widow, she married Callie (Cal) Tipton. They raised and trained jumping horses, two of their horses were in the 2006 Olympics in Atlanta, GA. After Mr. Tipton passed away, she sold her ranch and moved to Woodville, TX. There she served on the Board of Aging Center in Woodville, where she loved to play “42” with her friends. She moved to Huntsville in 2012, to be closer to her daughter. Ruby was preceded in death by her parents, her two husbands and her brother, Raymond Jeko and her best friend “Storm”. She is survived by her loving daughters Rebecca McBroom and husband, David and Lovina Barrett and husband, Bob; her three grandsons, Shane Chambers and wife, Brandi, Clint Chambers and wife, Angela and Major Cody McBroom and wife, Summer and her only granddaughter, Miki Mathieu and her husband, Pete. Her great grandchildren, Austin and Jared Chambers, Shawn Davis, Braiden and Blaine LeBlanc, Kayla Whatley and Kristi Smith. Her great-great grandchildren Katelyn, Keegan and Tristan Whatley, Aiden and Kadence Smith and Wyatt McBroom. Visitation will be Monday, June 1, at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home in Huntsville, Texas from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be Tuesday, June 2, at the Chapel of Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home at 10:00 am. Interment will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur. Memorial condolences to the family may be made at www.shmfh.com

Ruby Mae Tipton

October 14, 1928 - May 28, 2020