Ruby Green Howard, age 75 of Pittman Center, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012.

She was a member of Laurel Branch Baptist Church.

She spent many years fundraising for Pittman Center Elementary, Pittman Center Volunteer Fire Department and various other community organizations.

She was preceded in death by her parents John and Bonnie Green and sister Juanita Hodge.

She is survived by her husband Rex Howard; son and daughter-in-law Kevin and Denise Howard; daughters and sons-in-law Tammie and Gary Ledford and Brenda and Rusty Oakley; grandchildren  Chad Phillips, Chelsi and Erik Beckstrom, Logan Ledford, Lucas Ledford, Brier and Boone Howard, and Chase and Bailey Lipman; great-grandchildren: Bayler, Bennett and Laney Beckstrom; brother and sister-in-law  Austin and Shearlean Green; brother-in-law Herman Hodge; special friends Pat Carr, Ruby Huskey, Ethel Shultz, Bonnie Proffitt and Frank Lindsey.

The family will receive friends from 12:00--2:00 p.m. Sunday with funeral service to follow at 2:00 p.m. in Atchley's Smoky Mountain Chapel, Pigeon Forge. Interment will follow in Headrick's Cemetery.  Arrangements by Atchley's Smoky Mountain Chapel, 220 Emert Street, Pigeon Forge, TN. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)