Ruby A. Seay

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Ruby A. Seay of Tinton Falls peacefully entered her eternal rest, Jan. 22, 2023. She was born Jan. 31, 1934, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She graduated from Emmett Scott High School in 1950. In 1952, she earned an associate degree in business from Friendship Junior College in Rock Hill. In 1990, Ruby earned a Bachelor of Science in vocational education studies from Southern Illinois University.

She was employed by CECOM, Fort Monmouth, for 27 years before retiring in 1993. Her last position was career management specialist. After retiring she started two business, Quality Billing Center and Quality Travel Bargains.

Ruby was a lifelong Presbyterian. At the time of her death, she was a communicant of Lincroft Presbyterian Church where she attended the Women’s Bible Study and served as a deacon.

Ruby was preceded in death by her husband Clifford Seay and her son Andre Seay.

Surviving are her son Clifford Seay of New Jersey, daughters Rita Seay of Michigan, Sonja Seay of New York, and Anita Perez of Cambodia, and six grandchildren: Clement (Jamie) Miller III of California; Shahidah Bilal of New York; Malik Corbin of British Colombia; Mira Seay (Adam) LeVasseur of Connecticut; Marina (Eduardo) DeJesus of New Jersey; and Naomi (Juan Ignacio) Gonzalez of Honduras. She is also survived by nine great-grandchildren: Carmen, Sydney, Nicholas, Juliet, Edwin, Briana, Lexi, Cyris and Amiera. Surviving cousins include Jeanne Goudelock Bowman, Gregory Goudelock, Ruby Jeter, Margaret Jeter, Thomas Jeter, Vera Wiggins, and Rachel Thomas.

The funeral services will be held Friday, Feb. 3 at Lincroft Presbyterian Church, 270 Everett Road, Lincroft. Viewing begins at 9:30 a.m. The funeral service will follow at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Shoreland Memorial Gardens, Hazlet.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to frankiemaefoundation.com, a support network that provides educational programming and respite support for dedicated caregivers.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Thompson Memorial Home in Red Bank.

The article originally appeared in the February 2 – 8, 2023 print edition of The Two River Times.