12/31/2020, 6 p.m. Mrs. Walden
âI cannot do everything, but I can do some things. What I can do, I ought to do. What I ought to do, with the help of God, I will do.â
Those are the words Ruby Holland Walden lived by until her death at age 99 in her native Suffolk on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, her family said.
Though never elected to public office, Mrs. Walden became a force for community betterment in taking on multiple roles and freely âgiving her time and resources to uplift others,â her family said.
Along with being a wife and mother and business partner with her husband of 57 years, the late Frank L. Walden, a contractor and farmer, Mrs. Walden was a constant presence in civic affairs.
Obituary: Ruby Holland Walden Oct. 20, 1921-Dec. 22, 2020
December 29, 2020
Ruby Holland Walden, 99, passed on December 22, 2020. She was born on October 20, 1921 in Nansemond County (now Suffolk) to the late Axium Holland and Pearl Langston Holland. She was the sixth of seven children, all who predeceased her: Gladys, Stanley, Thelma, Doris, Roswell, and Reginald. Ruby was a lifelong resident of Suffolk, VA. In 1946, Ruby married her high school sweetheart, the late Frank LeGrant Walden, and four children were born to this union: Janice, Olin, Sandra and Pearl. Together they started their own contractor business that specialized in brick masonry and operated for 39 years, while also farming over 100 acres of family-owned land. Ruby served as Bookkeeper for these businesses and was also active in the civic and political processes that affected the people of her community, city, state, and nation. Over the years, Ruby served on more than thirty Boards, Commissions, Organizations,