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Ruby Lillian Coy

Female 1906 - 1991  (85 years)


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  • Name Ruby Lillian Coy  [1, 2] 
    Born 23 Jan 1906  Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Find-A-Grave 111494655 
    Reference Number 3320 
    Residence 1910  Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1920  Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 16 Oct 1991  Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 19 Oct 1991  Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mount Olivet Cemetery
    Person ID I3320  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father Robert William Coy, Sr,   b. 10 Jun 1878, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1915, Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mellissa Melvina Hicks,   b. 31 Jan 1878, Chariton, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1938, Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 22 Sep 1896 
    Family ID F1020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carlos A Snowden,   b. 11 Oct 1894, Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1978, Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 15 Jan 1922  Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Carlos G Snowden  [natural]
     2. Thomas L Snowden  [natural]
     3. James C Snowden  [natural]
     4. Joseph L Snowden  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Jan 1906 - Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Jan 1922 - Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Oct 1991 - Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 19 Oct 1991 - Marceline, Linn, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From obituary:
      In Memory Ruby l. Snowden Ruby L. Snowden, 85, Marceline, died Wednesday evening at Pershing Hospital. Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bethany Baptist Church, Marceline, with the Rev. Robert A. Craig officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Marceline. Visitation starts at 3 p.m., and the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Friday at Bentley-Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline.

      Mrs. Snowden was born Jan. 23, 1906, at Mike, daughter of Robert and Mellissa (Hicks) Coy. She and Carlos A. Snowden were married Jan. 15, 1922, at Marceline. He died in 1978. She was a lifelong Marceline resident; a member of Bethany Baptist Church, Marceline,and the Santa Fe Railroad Retirees, and a homemaker.

      Surviving are four sons, Carlos G. Snowden, Ft. Madison, Iowa, Thomas L. Snowsen, Pasco, Wash., James C. Snowden, Houston, Texas, and Joseph L. Snowden, Rochester, N.Y.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Thomas Coy, and two sisters, Mae Price and Letha Whitlow.

  • Sources 
    1. [S243] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Marceline Ward 2, Linn, Missouri; Roll: T624_795; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0086; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374808.
      Birth date: 1906
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Marceline Ward 2, Linn, Missouri

    2. [S206] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Marceline Ward 3, Linn, Missouri; Roll: T625_933; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 87; Image: 1008.
      Birth date: abt 1907
      Birth place: Missouri
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Marceline Ward 3, Linn, Missouri