She was a native and lifelong resident of Sulphur. Ruby was a member of Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church. She enjoyed flower gardening, bird watching, Facebook, and spending time with her family.
Survivors include her children, Kathy Engel, Linda Olsen, David Lyons and wife, Gea, and Dora Lopez and husband, Roger, all of Sulphur; her grandchildren, Katrina Ellender and husband, Joe, Jett Engel and wife, Kelli, Dusty Olsen and wife, Tana, Summer Stinson and husband, Donovan, Krista O'Quain and husband, Poncho, Justin Lyons, and Sydney Miguez and husband, Neal; and numerous great and great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, David Rayford Lyons; her parents, Henry and Dora Khoury Trahan; her sons-in-law, Johnny Engel and Jodey Olsen; her siblings, Shirley Lynn, Robert Trahan, Harry Lee Trahan, and Joseph George; and a granddaughter, Hayley Olsen.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27, in Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church. The Rev. John Welch, M.S. will officiate. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery South in Carlyss under the direction of Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Dusty Olsen, Jett Engel, Justin Lyons, Matthew Ellender, Garrett Ellender, and Ryder O'Quain. Visitation is from 9 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home. A rosary will be held at noon on Saturday in the funeral home. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com.