Ruby Alvirgia (Hill) Leonard (1922 - 2006)

Born 17 Oct 1922 in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 May 2006 at age 83 in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Ruby was born in 1922, a daughter and oldest child of Allen Ray Hill and Myrtle Viola Hicks. She passed away in 2006 and is buried in Holly Hill Memorial Park, Thomasville, North Carolina. ^[1]

She is listed in the 1930 US Census as living in Thomasville, North Carolina with her parents and three younger siblings:^[2]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Allen R Hill Head M 28 North Carolina

Mirtle Hill Wife F 28 North Carolina

Rubie Hill Daughter F 7 North Carolina

Roy Hill Son M 5 North Carolina

Bernece Hill Daughter F 3 North Carolina

Thelma Hill Daughter F 0 North Carolina

She married William Luther Leonard; the date and location is not currently known, but due to her age, it was definitely in the late 1930s. They divorced in 1974.

She is listed in the 1940 US Census as living in the Thomasville, North Carolina area with her husband and newborn son:^[3]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Luther Leonard Head M 24 North Carolina

Ruby Leonard Wife F 17 North Carolina

Arnold Leonard Son M 0 North Carolina

Her obituary was printed in the Winston-Salem Journal on 3 May 2006.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 September 2018), memorial page for Ruby Hill Leonard (17 Oct 1922–2 May 2006), Find A Grave Memorial no. 64957760, citing Holly Hill Memorial Park, Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by sandra (contributor 47020637).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SV-QRJ : accessed 25 September 2018), Rubie Hill in household of Allen R Hill, Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 12A, line 49, family 223, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1685; FHL microfilm 2,341,419.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSC-2L1 : 13 March 2018), Ruby Leonard in household of Luther Leonard, Thomasville Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29-41, sheet 11B, line 69, family 187, 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 2899.
4. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYC-ZB4S : accessed 25 September 2018), Ruby Hill Leonard, North Carolina, United States, 03 May 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Winston-Salem Journal, born-digital text.