Ruby Nell Parks Gilbert, 93, of Dardanelle, Ark., died Friday, April 9, 2021. She was born to Will and Carmen Phillips Parks on September 6, 1927. Ruby is preceded in death by her parents, her husband ...

Ruby Gilbert will be remembered as a leader who worked hard to help others, those who knew her say. Gilbert, the first African American woman elected to the Kansas legislature, represented the 89th ...