Marion Jackson Ramey
March 8, 1925 ~ December 17, 2018
Marion J. Ramey, 93, of Martinsville, passed away December 17, 2018 after enduring a stroke on December 12, 2018. He was born March 8, 1925, in Duffield, Virginia, to the late Jerome and Sally (Harless) Ramey.
In Marion’s early years, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps to help rebuild the country after the great depression. He and his wife, Eva R. (Cradic) Ramey, who survives, moved to Martinsville, Indiana in 1946 where they made their home. Marion owned and operated Ramey’s Heating and Cooling for 60 years and retired in 2015. For many years Mr. Ramey attended church on Sunday at the Senior Center in Mooresville. Marion had a loving heart and enjoyed giving a helping hand to the senior community by delivering food or picking up food for the Senior Center. Mr. Ramey was a member of the N.R.A and Treeing Walker Coon Hunter and Breeder Association. He also enjoyed coon hunting, mushroom hunting, fishing, bluegrass festivals, flea markets, and antiquing with family and friends. Marion will be greatly missed by his loving family and friends.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his oldest daughter, Jacqueline E. Combs and 14 siblings.
Survivors include his wife of 73 years, Eva Ruth Ramey; two daughters, Joyce (Bruce) Rodgers and Connie (Harold) Vaught; six grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and one great – great grandchild due March 6, 2019.
Visitation to celebrate the life of Marion J. Ramey will be on Friday, December 21, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at River Valley Christian Church: 4295 Egbert Rd Martinsville, Indiana 46151. The funeral service will begin at 1:00 p.m., at the church. Burial will follow in Brooklyn Cemetery. While flowers are welcome, memorial contributions may be made to Senior Center of Mooresville: P.O. Box 343 Mooresville, Indiana 46158. Visit www.CarlisleBranson.com to share a favorite memory or to sign the online registry.
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Ever since I moved there when I was 5 in 2013, Jack,(Marion) always came over to talk to my dad. He would let us go down his revein to the lake he owned. He sometimes gave us stuff. I remember 1 time he gave us a wind up train a few years ago, that we still have. My neices and brother Xavier, love playing with it. Sometimes, almost every summer day, Jack and Ruth( Eva) would walk down the road. They would always wave at us, and we would wave back, always with a smile. They would always be on thir swing bench, will we were out side playing, and watch us. He also k ew my great-granpaw Higginbotham, Harvey, and my Great-grandma, Mary who died before I was born. Almost every summer we had a garden, we would give Jackand Ruth some thing weather it be tomatoes, cucumbers, pepers, ect… I never thought this time would come so soon. I thought he would live to be a 100 years old. But it didn’t turn out that way. I know though that he is in a better place, with no pain, no worries. Just what he woyld want. And I know he will always, always be remembered, excpecially by me, and my family.
Dad always called him Jack Ramey. He is dad’s cousin and spoke on the phone many of times. Jack and Ruth was highly thought of in the family and among the community. I remember when dad (James D. Harless) had to have surgery and my furnace and air conditional broke. Dad in the same work line as Jack called him and told him he was unable to fix my furnace. Jack told him he would take care of the need. Jack came to my house in Mooresville the next day. Told me that family takes care of family. The furnace and air condition was installed within the next couple of days. It was a hot summer that year. Jack is be sadly missed by everyone who he touched during his great life time. Jack’s mother (Sally Harless) and Dad’s father (John Harless) was sister and brothers from Duffield , Virginia. Will be sadly missed but never forgotten. Linda L. Harless Worland brothers.
Sorry for your loss.. Miles family will keep you all in our prayers.