"Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXM4-TXC : 22 December 2016), D. A. Parsons and Ruth M. Bockelman, 16 Jun 1924; citing Harris, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 25,250.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWKW-33V : 14 March 2018), Ruth Parsons in household of Deane Parsons, Justice Precinct 1, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101-4A, sheet 1A, line 35, family 9, 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 4052.
"Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVJS-GJS : 5 December 2014), Ruth Matilda Parsons, Harris, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.