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Ruth Parker

Female 1905 - 2004  (98 years)


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  • Name Ruth Parker  [1
    Birth 17 Sep 1905  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Jul 2004  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1958 (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Judith Florence Knight,   b. 26 May 1869, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F3018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Sep 1905 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.).