Ralph was born in 1921. He passed away in 1998.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3B-QTF : 8 December 2014), Lessie Blackwelder in entry for Ralph Alexander Russ, 11 May 1921; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 9, p. 290, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
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