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Ruby Lee Cooper

Male 1913 - 2007  (94 years)


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  • Name Ruby Lee Cooper  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 7 Jan 1913  Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Jun 2007  Vidor, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Obituary

      Mr. Ruby Lee Cooper, 94, of Vidor, TX. formerly of Pineland, TX., died June 13, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, TX. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill, TX. at 2:00 P.M. with burial in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, TX. Visitation will be at Starr Funeral Home, Friday, June 15, from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Mr. Cooper was a native of Pineland, TX., a member of Church of Christ, a U.S. Army Veteran and a member of Sabine County VFW Post. Survivors: Sisters: Blanche Armstrong of Vidor, TX., Floy Mae Cooper of Vidor, TX., Sisters-in-law: Clarice Cooper of San Antonio, TX., Earlene Cooper of Corpus Christi, TX., Erma Cooper of Cedar Park, TX., numerouse nieces and nephews. Starr Funeral Home 511 Starr Street Hemphill, Texas 75948 (409) 787-3331

      From Beaumont Enterprise June 16, 2007
      As shown on Webpage linked on Ancestry.com


      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X21S-BXR
      name: Ruby Lee Cooper
      event: Birth
      event date: 07 Jan 1913
      event place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
      gender: Male
      father: James Scott Cooper
      mother: Alpha Martin
      certificate number: 2284
      digital folder number: 004136864
      image number: 00118
      Collection: Ruby Lee Cooper, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"


      US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

      Name Ruby L Cooper
      Birth Year 1913
      Race White, citizen (White)
      Nativity State or Country Texas
      State of Residence Texas
      County or City Sabine

      Enlistment Date 16 Oct 1942
      Enlistment State Texas
      Enlistment City Tyler
      Branch Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
      Branch Code Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
      Grade Private
      Grade Code Private
      Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
      Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
      Source Civil Life

      Education Grammar school
      Civil Occupation Unskilled sawmill occupations, n.e.c.
      Marital Status Single, with dependents
      Height 70
      Weight 126
    Person ID I41875  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2013 

    Father James Scott Cooper,   b. 12 Jan 1883, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1963, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Alpha Olivia Martin,   b. 23 Apr 1887, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1970, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 29 May 1905  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    • Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas
      March 5, 1964
      Excerpts of the column written by Virgie Collier Speights

      [Alpha had hinted to her mother that she might soon be wed]...but her mother said she'd never give consent, so Mrs. Cooper said she had no choice but to slip off...she managed a brand new white leghorn hat.....also wrangled a brand new white dotted Swiss dresss, at 12 cents a yard.....[but didn't getting new white shoes, after her sister pointed out to her 'you haven't had the black ones long, if anyone gets new shoes, it should be me.']

      [On the day they eloped]...Miss Martin kited over an 8-rail high back fence, and scooted down the road by the creek...Scott came driving up in his surrey, we went to the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mrs. and Mrs. Will Bradshaw in Brookeland, where a J.P., Will Berryman, was waiting to perform the ceremony.

      "We set up housekeeping nearby, but about 20 years later rumors of $18 a day lured us to West Texas to pick cotton...we just stayed for two years. Wages were high all right, but so was living."
    Family ID F12534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Jan 1913 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Jun 2007 - Vidor, Orange County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1111] FamilySearch.org, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935.

    2. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 2 Enumerated 21 and 22 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 17A Pineland and Brookeland Road 333-333 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    4. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 47 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).

    6. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 46, instead shows 28 May 1905 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 3 Enumerated 29 Apr 1910 SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 17B 325-330 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1203] McCary, Kay P. "John Smith Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.