Mary Ruby Molpus, age 90, a resident of Forest, died Friday July 28, 2017 at Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11am Monday July 31, 2017 from the Forest Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 10am til the service time in the parlor at Forest Baptist Church. Graveside services will be conducted at 3pm at Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery near Louisville, MS. Rev. Joe Pate will officiate.
Mrs. Molpus was born in Winston County to her parents James Morgan Kemp and Ella Virginia Hill Kemp on Monday September 20, 1926. She had lived in the Forest area for 57 years. She was a member of Forest Baptist Church. She taught school in the Forest Municipal Schools until her retirement in 1981.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, James Lamar Kemp; and her husband, Charles Molpus.
She is survived by her daughter Margaret Molpus of Forest. Other survivors include a brother-in-law, Bill Molpus and his wife Carolyn of Philadelphia, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services provided by Ott & Lee Funeral Home of Forest.