Rubie M. Mcinnis

Rubie Mooneyham McInnis, 92, joined her husband William M. “Bill” McInnis in God’s House on June 20, 2017. The two were married for 47 years before he preceded her in death in 2002. Known to her family and friends in west Jefferson County as “Snookie”, she was a lifetime resident of Alabama, living in the Birmingham area for 84 years before moving to Enterprise to be closer to family.   Rubie worked for AT&T for 40 years, and while her sons joked that she connected the phone call between Alexander Graham Bell and Mr. Watson, she actually ran a switchboard through World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and all the years in between. When “MA BELL” broke up in 1983, she broke up with it, retired, and she and Bill hit the road traveling.   She is survived by her two sons, William Rae of Enterprise, AL and Victor Lee of Augusta, GA; their wives Carolyn and Barbara; and six grandchildren; Allison, Chris, Bonnie, Colleen, Lauren, and Kaitlin. She is also survived by her sister Sammie Mooneyham Vines and her husband Burl of Hueytown; and brother in law Albert "Bert" McInnis and his wife Roberta of Trussville. There are nieces, nephews, cousins, two “just like daughters”, and a multitude of friends who will miss her greatly. She was preceded in death not only by Bill, but by a host of relatives and many dear friends.   She often said that the drawback to living so long was that she had been to too many funerals. At 90 she drove herself from Enterprise to Birmingham to visit family and friends. At 91 she attended exercise classes twice a week. Only in her final days did the years catch up with her. A child of the Depression who never owned a computer or smartphone, she was always proud of both her Eagle Scout, Auburn Graduate sons, their children, and their combined 65 years of military and civilian service to the country she and Bill taught them to love.   She was a long-time member of Oakmont United Methodist Church in Homewood and a beloved member of First United Methodist in Enterprise at the time of her death. She was a lifetime member of the Telephone Pioneers. She will be missed in this world and welcomed in the next. Bill and Rubie are together on the road again. We miss you both.‎   A memorial service will be held in the Enterprise First United Methodist Church Sanctuary on June 25th at 4:00 PM and the family will receive visitors at 3:00.   She will be buried next to Bill at Jefferson Memorial Gardens in Birmingham after a service there among her friends and family. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the scholarship fund of EFUMC. ‎ To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Rubie M. Mcinnis, please visit our flower store.