Ruby Williams

Ruby C. Williams (June 9, 1928 – August 8, 2022) was an American folk artist.

Life Ruby Curry was born to Viola Curry Greene and Lawrence Curry in Bealsville, Florida, where she grew up in a community formed by freed slaves, including Curry's great grandmother, Mary Reddick, who founded the community's school.

Known as Miss Ruby, she was an evangelical minister in Paterson, New Jersey, for 25 years. She adopted the name Williams following her marriage, which ended in a "bitter divorce" in the 1960s. and was included in the show On Their Own – Selected Self-taught Artists at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum in Washington D.C.