West Virginia Pioneers

Ruby Mae Thomas

Female 1910 - 2005  (95 years)


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  • Name Ruby Mae Thomas 
    Born 14 Apr 1910  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Nov 2005  Collegedale, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ruby Mae Parsons, 95, of Collegedale, Tenn., formerly of Evans, departed this life Nov. 6, 2005, following an extended illness.

      Born April 14, 1910, in Statts Mill, she was the daughter of the late Samuel R. and Corda Duffield Thomas. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Marion Parsons; son. Lowell Parsons; brothers, Blonda and Ervil Thomas; and sisters, Goldie Rhodes, Bessie Good, Hazel Southall and Ersel Hammond; and grandsons, Wesley Fox and Greg Barrow.

      She was a member of Ripley Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Dorcas Society and was an active participant of the fruit program for the church.

      Surviving are daughters, Claudette R. Shaver of Evans, Geneva Geach of Douglas, Ga., Colleen Barrow of Ooltewah, Fla., and Sharon Adams of Grand Island, Fla.; sister, Olive Robinson of Sarasota, Fla.; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

      Service will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Ripley Seventh-day Adventist Church. Burial will follow in Otterbein Cemetery, Evans.

      Visitation will be from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday at Casto Funeral Home, Evans.
    Person ID I46747  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2006 

    Father Samuel Robert Thomas,   b. 9 Jan 1873, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Corda J Duffield,   b. Mar 1879, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 26 Aug 1900  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1910 Washington, Jackson, WV
      Thomas, Samuel R 35 m1- 10y
      Corda 30 m1- 10y 5-5 children
      Golda 8
      Hazel 7
      Blonda 4
      Bessie 2
      Susie 0

      1920 Washington, Jackson , WV
      Thomas, Samuel R 46
      Sarda 40
      Golda 18
      Hazel 16
      Blonda 14
      Bessie 11
      Ruby 9
      Ersel 6
      Ervil 3.5
      Olive 8/12
      Duffield, Newton, fil 70 Wd
      Dorotha sil 9
      Lucy sil 6
    Family ID F13140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marion Monroe Parsons,   b. 29 Jun 1908, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Claudette Roselle Parsons
     2. Colleen Parsons
     3. Lowell Don Parsons
     4. Carol Sharon Parsons
     5. Geneva Kay Duncan
    Family ID F13141  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Obit.

    2. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.