RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
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COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
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Monday, 9, July 2012
Richmond City Council mourns the passing of Ms. Ruby Ethel Giles Turner
(Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) - - The members of Richmond City Council express their heartfelt condolences to the family of Ms. Ruby Ethel Giles Turner who died Friday, July 6, 2012.
Richmond City Council's thoughts and prayers are with her family and our community as we join together during this difficult time and mourn this profound loss and celebrate the life of a woman who was so much a part of our community.
Ms. Turner was a well-known and respected member of our community for many years and her contributions and commitment to our neighborhoods and families resulted from her love and compassion for life. Always to be found sitting on the front row during Richmond City Council Formal Meetings, this year, on April 4, 2012, Richmond City Council was honored to recognize and bestow a Formal Award on Ms. Turner for her public government and community service.
Born on June 23, 1928, Ms. Ruby Ethel Giles Turner lived in Richmond, Virginia her entire life and was a graduate of Richmond Public Schools Armstrong High School. Living in the Richmond South Central 9th Voter District, Ms. Turner worked for 25 years as a nurse at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia.
Dedicated to serving her community, Ms. Ruby Ethel Giles Turner was the President and Founder of the Greater Richmond Against Gun Violence organization and was appointed by Richmond City Council to serve as a member of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Board of Directors.
In America, public government and community service is considered to be among the most noble and important work a person can do and, through her outstanding work, Ms. Ruby Ethel Giles Turner proved her dedication to and support of the principles and creed written into the founding documents of our great Nation, in that our individual destinies and that of our families, communities, city, state and country include not only the aspiration of our federal constitutional republic but, the time, talent, investment, labor and dedication of all citizens in realizing the fulfillment of its promise.
Ms. Ruby Ethel Giles Turner will be greatly missed and will always be remembered for her public government and community service that helped to make Richmond an even better place to live, love, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
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local laws, providing government policy and
oversight, and approving the city budget.
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to live, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.
