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     Ruby Elizabeth Mitchell was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,3 She was born on May 5, 1913 at Iron Gate, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,2 As of December 11, 1976,her married name was Yopp.² She married James Madison Yopp Sr., son of James A. Garfield Yopp and Minnie Odell Collins, on December 11, 1976 at Iron Gate, Alleghany Co., Virginia.^1,2,4 Ruby Elizabeth Mitchell died on December 17, 1994 at Low Moor, Alleghany Co., Virginia, at age 81.¹ She YOPP, Ruby Mitchell Young, 81, of Brian Center Nursing Home, Low Moor, formerly of Clifton Forge, died Saturday, December 17, 1994, in Alleghany Regional Hospital. She was born in Iron Gate, Va., May 5, 1913, a daughter of the late Charles Wesley and Blanche O. Tolley Mitchell. She was a retired cook at the Old Forge Restaurant in Iron Gate and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Owen Henry Young and second husband, James Madison Yopp Sr. She is survived by two daughters, Mr. A. J. (Helen) Simmons Jr., Iron Gate, Mrs. Donnie (Ann) Nicely, Lynchburg; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert O. and Drema Young, Paris, Tenn; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home, with the Rev. Andy Nash and the Rev. Wayne Sellers officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. Active Pallbearers include D. H. Scott Sr., Don Morgan, Robert Turner, Homer Simmons, G. E. Chambers, Carlton Jackson and Lee Dunn. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge, and friends may call anytime at the home of Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Simmons Jr. in Iron Gate. on December 19, 1994.¹