Ruby Lee Shaheen

Mrs. Ruby Lee Shaheen, 83, of Scaly Mountain, NC, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2025. She was born September 22,1941 in Beaufort, NC to the late Herman Earl Gaskins and Evelyn Hayes Gaskins. She was married for 64 years to William Arthur Shaheen, Sr. who died in 2023. She lived in Florida from 1959 to 1985, retiring from the Florida Highway Patrol, and then moved to Scaly Mountain and Highlands, NC. Mrs. Shaheen was a Health Care Technician at Angel Medical Center and volunteered in the gift shop at the hospital in Highlands, she was also Hospice Director for Macon County. She owned " Wee Care Baby Sitting Services" and a catering service. Mrs. Shaheen was a member of Highlands First Baptist Church, she enjoyed reading, sewing, the Gardening Club, and attended Joy Group at Highlands United Methodist Church. She was very active and loving to the community.

She is survived by her sons, William Arthur Shaheen, Jr. (Peggy), Timothy Earl Shaheen (P.J.), and Jonathan Hayes Shaheen (Gilberta); a sister, Martha Anderson and a brother, Herman Gaskins; grandchildren, Savannah Brooke Shaheen Hopper (Dean), Rachel Elizabeth Shaheen, and John Hayes Shaheen (Kayleigh); great-grandson, Sawyer Dean Hopper and one great- granddaughter on the way.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held in the future.

Online condolences may be made at www.bryantgrantfuneralhome.com.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is honored to serve the Shaheen family.