Ruth Bury

Ruth Spottswood (Wilkinson) Bury, 93, of Colonial Heights, Virginia.  She was born in Petersburg, Virginia on August 10, 1927, and departed this life in her home on Monday, June 21, 2021, for her savior “Jesus,” and her promised heavenly mansion, and all other loving family members gone on before her.

She was predeceased by her loving soulmate, Thomas John Bury, Jr; parents, William Benjamin Wilkinson, Sr. and Catherine Mayer Wilkinson; and sisters, Virginia W. Jennings, Louise W. Valenta, and Gloria W. Baird.

Ruth graduated Petersburg High School in 1945 and was employed as a Finance Department Clerk at Fort Lee, with 26 years of dedicated service.

She is survived by her only son, Thomas John Bury, III; her grandsons, Stephen Winston Bury of Chester, Virginia and Matthew Kent Bury of Englewood, Colorado; her brother, William B. Wilkinson, Jr. of Chester; and numerous nieces and nephews; and grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

Ruth loved her Lord and her family more than anything.  But the joys she had when working in her back yard garden and watching a full moon rising over the trees were never exceeded by anything else in her life.

A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Sunset Memorial Park, 2901 W. Hundred Road, Chester, Virginia 23831.  Donations in Ruth’s memory should be made to the Colonial Heights Food Pantry, 530 Southpark Boulevard, Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834.  Arrangements by the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard, Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834.  Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com .