Ruby was born in Clover Bend, Arkansas on Aug 18, 1918. She lived the majority of her life in Arkansas, but also lived in Topeka, KS and Rockford, IL. She married Joe Harold Marlin on Nov 4, 1933. They lived in the Walnut Ridge, Arkansas area for a number of years. Ruby and Harold had eight children. After Harold died, Ruby continued living in Newport, Arkansas for a number of years. The last several years of her life she was in Batesville (near her youngest daughter). Ruby died in Batesville, Arkansas on Feb 21, 2023. She lived to be 104 years and 6 months.
Sources
Ruby Phillips Marlin, In a series of interviews with her granddaughter (Tanya Marlin Patterson) over a 5 year period from 2013 to 2018.
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMKY-MBC : 9 March 2021), Ruby Phillips in entry for Harold Marlin, 4 Nov 1933; citing Marriage, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,195,824.
"United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:KQKW-9BF : Tue Jul 11 03:55:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Harold Marlin and Ruby Marlin, 1940.
"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XB7-5YHR : Thu Jul 13 10:35:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Joe Harold Marlin and Ruby Marlin, 10 April 1950.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTK-DJMG : accessed 14 July 2023), Ruby Phillips Marlin in entry for Phillip Marlin, Arkansas, United States, 13 Mar 2014; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Newport Independent, born-digital text.
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