Ruby Lee (Waters) Huyler (1911 - 1953)

Born 20 Dec 1911 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Vary Americus (Hyler) Huyler — married 2 Jan 1931 in 394 Cameron St SE, Atlanta, GA

Wife of Marvin Cecil Whitfield — married 25 Dec 1936 (to after 1942) in Gwinnett, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1953 at age 41 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Ruby was born in 1911. She died in 1953 at the age of 41.

Parents: Leverett E. Waters 1881 - 1953 and Louise (Smith) Waters 1881 - 1949.

Marriage & Family

Ruby married Vary "Mack" Huyler twice: on 2 January 1931 and again on 20 Dec 1947. In between, she married M. Cecil Whitfield on 25 Dec 1936 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. They divorced after he met a nurse during WWII and divorced Ruby.

Ruby had one daughter: Betty Huyler, born in 1931.

Census

1920 Census: Sheet No. 7A, Milstead District, Rockdale, Georgia

1940 Census: Sheet 8a, Enumeration District 160-14, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia

1950 Census: Sheet 5, ed 31-20A, Forest Park, Clayton, Georgia

City Directories

1931 City Directory: (roomer) 507 Fair SE, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1936 City Directory: (roomer) 376 1/2 Decatur St, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1937 City Directory: 229 Simpson NW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1938 City Directory: (household) 403 Central av SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1939 City Directory: 403 Central av SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1940 City Directory: 405 Central av SE, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1941 City Directory: 413 Central av SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1948 City Directory: (roomer) 127 Rawson SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1945 City Directory: 25 Lindal Ave, West Greenville, Greenville, SC

Occupation

Employee at Exposition Mills, Atlanta (1948)

Sources

• Ruby is buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA. Her page lists and has links to her parents, siblings, 1 spouse, 1 child. There is a picture of her. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11380566/ruby-lee-huyler

• “Birth Certificate for Betty Huyler,” 8 Nov 1931, 4859, http://www.flickr.com/photos/genealogyphotos/137922325/in/set-72057594121283139/.

• “Louise Smith Family Bible,” The Holy Bible, Ruby Craft, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beginwithcraft/bible.html.

• Louise Smith Family Bible

• Louise and Alma Waters Bible, The Holy Bible (Columbia Educational Books, Inc, Chicago 1941); originally owned by Louise Smith Waters. This Bible passed from Louise to her daughter, Alma Waters Underwood, to her niece, Betty Huyler Albea, to her granddaughter, Valerie Craft.

• “Marriage Record of Mack Huyler AND Ruby Waters,” 2 Jan 1931, Atlanta, GA, owned by Valerie Craft, http://www.flickr.com/photos/genealogyphotos/137922329/in/set-72057594121283139/.