Ruby Keigans Walker McCluskey, 88, of Tifton passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 12, 2024, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Cal Carpenter officiating. Mrs. McCluskey will be laid to rest at Lawrence Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the
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Eric Walker, Andy Walker, Chase Walker, Tyson Sutton, Michael Keigans and Bobby Keigans will serve as pallbearers.
Born October 26, 1935, in Tift County, Mrs. McCluskey was the daughter of the late Thomas Alfred Keigans and Juanita White Keigans. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Jehu Fletcher Walker, Sr.; her second husband, Leon Jack McCluskey; and one son, David Walker. She graduated from ABAC; and she received her master’s degree from Valdosta State University. She was a retired educator; and she served in several offices over the years with the Georgia Association of Educators. She was a member of Brookfield Baptist Church, where she taught children’s classes in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School.
Mrs. McCluskey is survived by two sons and three daughters-in-law, Jehu Jr. and Shelly Walker, Jimmy and Lori Walker, and Cathy Walker all of Tifton; a daughter-in-law, Cathy Walker; one brother, Jack Keigans of Louisiana; three sisters, Dot Harper, Cindy Tyson and Pat Dossey, all of Tifton; eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.