Ruby Gay (Sellers) Welch (1922 - 2007)

Born 30 Sep 1922 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alvin George Welch — married 10 Aug 1944 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

Died 13 Sep 2007 at age 84 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Ruby Gay Sellers was born on Sep 30, 1922 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of Dock Sellers and Anice Pernecie Robinson. ^[1]

She had four siblings, namely: Vernice Monroe, Vivian Jane, Ocie Audell, and Wilma Ree.

She died on Sep 13, 2007 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, USA (Guardian Angel Hospice; Age at Death: 84). ^{[2] [3]}

When she was 21, she married Alvin George "A.G." Welch on Aug 10, 1944 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (date on headstone).

Ruby Gay Sellers lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1930. Race: (White) ^[4]

Ruby (Sellers) Welch is buried in Old Good Hope Cemetery.

Alvin George "A.G." Welch and Ruby Gay Sellers had the following children:

1. Ellen Jeanette Welch.
2. Michael Henry Welch.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Ruby Gay Sellers. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=32963525&indiv=try. Name: Ruby Gay Sellers [Ruby Sellers Welch] [Ruby Welch] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 1 Oct 1922 Birth Place: Richhill, Mississippi [Magee Smith, Mississippi] Death Date: 13 Sep 2007 Father: Dock Sellers Mother: Anice P Robinson SSN: xxx Notes: Oct 1942: Name listed as RUBY GAY SELLERS; 13 Jan 1975: Name listed as RUBY SELLERS WELCH; 18 Sep 2007: Name listed as RUBY S WELCH
2. ↑ Obituary for Ruby Gay Sellers Welch (Aged 84) C-L
3. ↑ Obituary for Ruby Gay Sellers Welch (Aged 85) M-C
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MD-XY8 : accessed 13 August 2020), Ruby G Sellers in household of Annis P Sellers, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 27A, line 36, family 537, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLN-KD19 : 23 July 2020), Ruby Gay Sellers Welch, 2007; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94373585.

• Headstone photos attached; back side gives parents and children names
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5KT-QY9 : 23 July 2020), S Welch, 13 Sep 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).