Judge Ruffin Qualls, II was born December 26, 1948 and passed away October 27, 2026. He was predeceased by both parents, E. C. Qualls, Jr. and Mary Kivett Qualls.
He was a 1967 graduate of Williams High School and received a B. S. in Music Education from Elon College in 1972. Ruffin was talented in many ways, from drawing, to playing a trumpet and keyboards, to working with soil and planting with his “green thumb”, to designing his toy train village. He retired recently from his landscape maintenance business and with the Magnificents Band.
Ruffin is survived by his wife of 52 years, Linda; his daughter, Evelyn Moser (Daniel); his grandchildren, Bradlee and Addison; his sister, Lou Kinney; his cousin, Tommy Murray; his brother-in-law, William (Ann) Bowman; and his four sisters-in-law, Janice Bennett (Graham), Fay Hoggard (Mike), Ruth Ann Stubblefield (Sammy), and Phyllis Cobb (Joe); and many nieces and nephews.
Ruffin was predeceased by his parents and brother-in-law, Richard Kinney. He will be remembered for his witty sense of humor, his love of family, music, and all things of beauty in nature. Ruffin was “one of a kind” and will be forever missed and loved.
The funeral service will be conducted at the Rich & Thompson Chapel in Burlington on Friday, November 6, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 12:45 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery.
