Ruth L. (Sullivan) West (1911 - 2011)

Born 18 Sep 1911 in Mississippi

Ancestors

Died 11 Jan 2011 at age 99 in Raleigh, Smith County, Mississippi, USA

Biography

Ruth L. Sullivan was born on Sep 18, 1911 in Mississippi, USA as the seventh child of Robert Joshua Sullivan and Nancy B. Hall. She had eleven siblings, namely: Travis Cornelius, Rosie Alma, Stephen Hooper, George Thomas, William Earl, Altie Minnie, Ruby, Orene, Allie, Vera Merle, and Jeffie Ree.

She died on Jan 11, 2011 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, USA (Rolling Acres Nursing Home; Age at Death: 99).

When she was 17, she married Delton Daniel West in 1929 (based upon 1930 census).

Ruth L. Sullivan was buried in Mize, Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery).

Race: (White) She lived in Oakohay, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 18; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). She lived in Rural, Covington, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Oakohay, Covington, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

Obituary

Colonial Chapel Magee and Mendenhall

Ruth Sullivan West (September 18, 1911 - January 10, 2011)

Ruth Sullivan West, 99 of Raleigh, MS, passed from this life Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at Rolling Acres Nursing Home in Raleigh, MS. Mrs. West was born on September 18, 1911, to Josh and Nancy Hall Sullivan.

Visitation will be held from 5:00-8:30pm at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Magee. Visitation will also be held at Oak Grove Baptist Church at 12:00 pm until service time at 2:00pm. Funeral services will be held at: 2:00PM at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Mize, on Thursday, January 13, 2011, with interment in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

Final arrangements are entrusted to Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Magee, MS. 601-849-5031

Mrs. West is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Delton D. West, four brothers and six sisters.

Survivors include her sons; Hubert (Cecilia) West, Mt Olive, MS, Danny (Theresa) West, Biloxi, MS, Hulon (Kay) West, Taylorsville, MS, 10 grandchildren, 20 Great-grandchildren, 1 great- great-grandchild. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ online byColonial Chapel Magee and Mendenhall

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVY-7GFK : 11 July 2016), Ruth Sullivan West, 2011; Burial, Mize, Smith, Mississippi, United States of America, Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 30432544, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ3N-26N : 20 May 2014), Ruth L West, 11 Jan 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGC-261 : accessed 10 September 2016), Ruth West in household of D D West, Beat 5, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-14, sheet 18B, family 302, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2019.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-T3Z : 8 December 2015), Ruth West in entry for Delton D West, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRR-HVW : 14 December 2015), Ruth Sullivan in household of R J Sullivan, Oakohay, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 13A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,872.