Ruby Risen, 85, died Wednesday at Caritas Medical Center. She was the former Ruby Nelson and a member of Calvary Assembly of God. Survivors: sons Louis K., Donnie and Gene Risen; a daughter, Shirley A. Ringo; a sister, Marie Hardesty; 18 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, O.D. White & Sons, 2727 S. Third St. Burial: Bethany Memorial. Visitation: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Memorial gifts: her church.
Burial: Bethany Memorial Cemetery , Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Sources
Ky Birth Records, 1911-1999, CD-ROM
Marriage Record
1920 US Census (at FamilySearch), household of Edward Nelson, Louisville Ward 11, Jefferson County, Kentucky, ED 192, sheet 2B, line 98, family 49, NARA microfilm T625, roll 581; FHL microfilm 1,820,581.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruby: