Ruth Parker

1905 - 2004  (98 years)

• Name	Ruth Parker  [1]
  Birth	17 Sep 1905	San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Jul 2004	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
  Notes	San Augustine Tribune Thursday, August 5, 2004 Sabine County Reporter Wednesday, August 4, 2004 Abstract of Obituaries Funeral services August 2, 2004 at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine, burial followed at McRae Cemetery Ruth Parker SHELTON born September 17, 1905 to Samuel PARKER and Judith Florence KNIGHT died July 30, 2004 San Augustine High School/Bachelors in Education Stephen F. Austin in 1927 Taught in New Mexico where older brother Lynus was Superintendent of Schools Married Ted SHELTON in 1929, City Manager of Phelps-Dodge coal-mining community of Dawson, New Mexico. Moved to Bakersfield, CA (Ted at an oil company) and then to Ajo, AZ where Ted was again City Manager. Ted died in 1988. Ruth mainly taught Third Grade. Retired in the 1970's, but remained in Ajo until 1997. Returned to San Augustine when she and her twin sister Ruby were the first residents of the El Camino House Assisted Living Facility Member of DRT, DAR, First United Methodist Church Preceded in death by husband Ted, and twin sister Ruby. Survived by nephew Bob PARKER [Dallas], Nieces Nancy KRUEGER [New Braunfels] and Charlotte TULL [Huntsville].
  Person ID	I5815	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel Parker,   b. 27 Aug 1868, Texas d. 6 Oct 1958 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Judith Florence Knight,   b. 26 May 1869, Texas d. 26 May 1958 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F3019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Theodore Shelton,   b. 4 Sep 1906   d. 13 Feb 1988, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F3018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Sep 1905 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 30 Jul 2004 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [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.).