Ms. Ruby Johnson Martin

August 29, 1934 - March 28, 2016

Ms. Ruby Martin 81, of Columbia, SC entered into eternal rest on Monday March 28, 2016. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia is in charge of these arrangements. Ms. Ruby Lee Martin was born on August 29,1934 Ruby Martin, in Eastover, South Carolina. She was the eldest of six children born to the late Willie Boyd Johnson, Sr. and the late Benzena Miller Johnson. Ruby was educated in the public schools of Richland County, South Carolina. graduating from Booker T. Washington High School in 1952. She was married to the late William (Bill) J. Martin and was a retired technician of the former MEPCO (GE) Electric Company. Ruby was a founding member of the Community CME Church where she was president of the missionaries, singing in the choir, and participated in the stewardess, trustee, and hospitality ministries. Ruby was a classy woman and a hat connoisseur. Though she was strict about social etiquette, she never hesitated to speak her mind. Ruby was preceded in death by her parents and three siblings, Willie Boyd Johnson, Jr., Darlene Scott, and Frazelle Poole. Ruby leaves to cherish her loving memories, three children; Andrew (Linda) Johnson, Carl E. (Pearlina) Burke, and Brenda J. Woods, all of Columbia, South Carolina; two siblings, Benzena Wolfe and Jacqueline Ferguson of Columbia, South Carolina; one brother-in-law, Robert L. Scott of Thomson, Georgia; one sister-in-law, Gloria Johnson of Columbia, South Carolina; two aunts, Magnolia Whetstone of Washington, D.C., and Thelma Doretha Thomas of Charleston, South Carolina; one grand aunt, Gladys Bellin of Dillon, South Carolina; seven grandchildren, Eric (Lisa) Johnson, Latoya (Curtis) Brown, Ebony (Xzaiver) Jordan, Andrea (Charles) King, Leslie (Craig) Thomas, Brittany (Donald) Brown and Carla Edmunds; special niece, Shaunda Ferguson; special nephews, Antonio Ferguson and Devin Ferguson; fifteen great grandchildren, and a host of other great nieces, great nephews, cousins, and friends, all whom will miss her dearly.