Ruby Ernestine (Roberts) Jarrell (1916 - 2010)

Born 17 Apr 1916 in Carriere, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States

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Died 24 Aug 2010 at age 94 in Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Ruby Ernestine Roberts was the daughter of Charlie Bethel Roberts and Mary Elizabeth Burkhalter Roberts, born in 1916.

Ruby's first marriage was to Christopher "Christo" Ivey.

Her second marriage was to Claiborne "Slim" Jarrell.

Ruby resided in Clarke and Jasper counties during the 1930's and early 1940's, with her spouse Christo and their two sons.

In 1948 she relocated to Jackson County, Ms. with her two sons, where she met and married Claiborne Jarrell aka Slim, who also had several children.

Ruby and Slim purchased a home near Ingalls Avenue in Pascagoula, Jackson County Ms. Ruby started cooking hot lunches for some of the Ingalls Shipbuilding employees, this turned into a Lucrative business for her, which she continued to do for many years until they purchased another home on Chico Road in Pascagoula and relocated to that residence.

Ruby lived at the Chico Road residence until hurricane Katrina destroyed her home in 2005, after that she resided with her son James and his wife, Sue, in Hurley, Jackson County, Ms.

Ruby passed away on August 24, 2010 at the Plaza Nursing center in Pascagoula, Jackson Co., Ms. at age 94.

She was interred at the First Baptist Church Cemetery, Carriere, Pearl River County, Ms.

Bio by Helen Roberts Kennedy

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43C-LDL : accessed 17 March 2018), Charles B Roberts, Lumberton, Lamar, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 99, sheet 15A, line 35, family 268, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 882; FHL microfilm 1,820,882.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM11-YS9 : accessed 17 March 2018), C B Roberts, Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 15A, line 49, family 297, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1160; FHL microfilm 2,340,895.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYG3-CB5 : accessed 17 March 2018), Rubye E Ivy in household of William H Ivy, Beat 1, Clarke, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-3, sheet 7A, line 30, family 114, 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 2015.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J55K-B6B : 20 May 2014), Ruby E Jarrell, 24 Aug 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKB-RTZV : 11 July 2016), Ruby Ernestine Roberts Jarrell, 2010; Burial, , Pearl River, Mississippi, United States of America, First Baptist Church of Carriere Cemetery; citing record ID 57639518, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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