Ruby L. Kirk went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 18, 2012. She passed away at Altus, Oklahoma, at the age of 100 years, 7 months, and 7 days. She was born on March 11, 1912, to Jeff and Mary (Nail) Ferguson, in Soper, Oklahoma. She came with her parents by wagon to the Mt. Park area. She was united in marriage to Forrest "F.H." Kirk on December 19, 1929, in Vernon, Texas. She attended church at Ernest Baptist Church in Laing community until its closing; and was a member of the Home Demonstration Club of Laing. She was able to stay in her own home on Otter Creek, until the age of 98. In 1953, she joined the First Baptist Church in Tipton, where she dearly loved her Sunday School Class. She loved gardening. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Forrest "F.H." Kirk in 1988; one son: Jack Kirk in July 2012; three brothers: Ed, Cecil and Richard Ferguson; and two grandchildren: Kara Lee Kirk and Barry Keith Kirk. She is survived by two sons: Gail Kirk and his wife Darlene, and Larry Kirk and his wife Karen, both of Tipton; one daughter-in-law: Tena Kirk, of Edmond; eight grandchildren: Darla Webb, Debbie Greene and her husband Marty, Mark Kirk, Dr. Clint Kirk and his wife Tiffany, Chad Kirk, Forrest Kirk, Chelsea Kirk, and Shelby Kirk; seven great grandchildren: T. J. Webb, Jared Webb, Lindsey Webb, Taylor Greene, Amy Greene, Tyler Kirk, and Olivia Kirk.