Ruby Orange Carter, 97, of Thaxton, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2022. She was born in Bedford, VA on March 12, 1924 a daughter of the late Clark Orange and Nannie Dooley Orange. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Otey Carter. She is survived by her daughter, Shirley Orange; sons, Tommy Carter and wife Faye, Billy Carter and wife Peggy, Dennis Carter; sisters, Margaret Overstreet, Effie Dilbeck; nine grandchildren, Sandy Overstreet and husband Tim, Keith Carter, Kenny Orange and wife Andrea, Jeff Orange and wife Trish, Kristi Scherler and husband Rob, Julie Compton and husband Jon, Jamie Carter and wife Mandy, Keisha Martin and husband Kenny, Dana Gillenwater; thirteen great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at New Beginnings Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Earl Ragland officiating. Burial will follow in the Overstreet/Orange Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., on Tuesday at Burch-Messier Walnut Street Chapel, 1235 Walnut St. Bedford. Arrangements by Burch-Messier Funeral Home, Bedford, 540-586-7360.