Ruby Lee Morgan

1916 - 2001  (85 years)

• Name	Ruby Lee Morgan  [1]
  Birth	20 Apr 1916	Roganville, Jasper County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Nov 2001	Nacogdoches County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Ruby's hobbies included Handwork. RUBY L MURDY 20 Apr 1916 22 Nov 2001 (V) 75965 (PE) 75961 (Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, TX) 460-01-3256 Texas (Research):Mary Susan Walden Moore emailed, on August 7, 2008, that when her mother, Ruby Lee Morgan "graduated from Kirbyville High School, she was a brain, but there was no money for college in those dark days of 1934. So her Mother (Minnie) suggested that she write to her Uncle Roy, the President of Paris Junior College, and ask for assistance. He wrote back and said that she could attend PJC, but she would have to work on campus. She could live with him and his family if she would help her aunt do housework, and help with the children. Those jobs would pay her tuition, and her room and board. He also made it clear in the letter that even though he was her uncle, he would not help her with her homework...she would have to do it on her own. Also, she would have to come up with transportation to get to Paris. She found out that a one way ticket to Paris was 100 dollars. She went around to all of the businessmen in Kirbyville and stated her case, and asked for a loan. When she had nearly given up hope, she courageously went to one of the more prominent professional men in town and stated her case with great passion, I am sure, because my Mom wanted to go to school so badly. He said, "Girly, I have loaned money to other girls in this town, and they have never paid me back, because they always get married and forget that they owe me money." She promised that she would not be like those other girls...and he loaned her the money. She said that train ride was so sad for her, because she had never been away from home before, and only had a oneway ticket. Uncle Roy was true to his word, and he never helped her, even though he was also her French teacher. She made Phi Theta Kappa while she was at PJC. Her brother Julian, who was later killed in WWII, dug stumps for a dollar a day, and sent her some of his wages. After she graduated in 1936, she moved to Houston, because there was no more money for further studies. She lived with her Aunt Emily McLemore Wilkinson, and she met my Dad, Lewis Walden, at church. When he asked her to marry him, she said yes, "but first I have to pay back the man in Kirbyville who loaned me 100 dollars to go to college." And she did. She raised 3 kids, and went back to college in her forties, and earned her B.Ed. in Education when she was 49. Mom passed away in 2001."
  Person ID	I9048	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert Theodore Morgan,   b. Nov 1893, Jasper County, Texas d. Abt 1960 (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Minnie Dorothy McLemore,   b. 16 Jun 1897, Erin, Jasper County, Texas d. 18 Nov 1984, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1915	Jasper County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lewis Mckinney Walden, Sr.,   b. 24 Jan 1915   d. Jul 1975, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1939
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F4193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	William D. Murdy,   b. 7 Aug 1915   d. 10 Aug 2000, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1980	Galveston County, Texas   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F4194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Apr 1916 - Roganville, Jasper County, Texas Marriage - 18 Oct 1980 - Galveston County, Texas Death - 22 Nov 2001 - Nacogdoches County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Kittell, Nan McCoy--Samuel McFarland McLemore and Descendants, Living Family History (Unpublished typescript ca. 1984, updated periodically). [S334] Rootsweb, Texas Death Records, 1964 thru 1998. [S218] Miller, Yolanda Pepper, Family Researcher (Ypmiller@stx.rr.com). [S447] Versie Truett, Vivian Cogbill, Jim Folsom JASPER COUNTY TEXAS MARRIAGE RECORDS 1849-1949. [S1352] Ancestry.com - Texas Marriage Collections, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 [database online].