Ruby E. Drinnen
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Ruby E. Drinnen - age 90 of Strawberry Plains completed her journey on Earth and arrived in Heaven on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. She was a member of Beech Springs Baptist Church and a graduate of Sevier County High School and Carson Newman College (University). Ruby was a longtime educator for Riverdale School and Sunnyview School. The family would also like to offer a special thanks to the staff of Smoky Mountain Hospice and the staff at Jefferson Park at Dandridge for their loving care. Preceded in death by parents, Amos and Frances Evelyn Drinnen; brother, Delmar Ray Drinnen; sister, Roberta Drinnen Jones and her husband Cecil; sister-in-law, Ruby Lee Drinnen. Survived by siblings, Leon Drinnen, Barbara Drinnen (Kenneth) Huff, and Robert (Georgia Faye) Drinnen; and several nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great great niece and nephews, and many special friends especially the Ralph Cline family. The family will receive friends 5:00-7:00 PM Saturday, August 7, 2021, at Bridges Funeral Home followed by the funeral service at 7:00 PM with Rev. Ronnie White and Rev. Sam Grindstaff officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Beech Springs Baptist Church, 337 Mount Rd., Kodak, TN 37764, the French Broad Preservation Association, 7009 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914, or Friends of Kodak Library, 319 Dumplin Valley Rd., Kodak, TN 37764. Family and friends will meet at 1:00 PM Sunday, August 8, 2021, at Bridges Funeral to go in procession to Paw Paw Hollow Cemetery for a 2:00 PM interment. Arrangements by Bridges Funeral Home, 5430 Rutledge Pike, 865-523-4999. www.bridgesfuneralhome.com