Rubye Layton Herring

1913 - 1944  (30 years)

• Name	Rubye Layton Herring  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	29 Jul 1913	Sumner County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Davidson County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Census	1930	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Sister of Maude Rutherford
  Naturalization	Aug 1936	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  	Miss Ruby Herring
  Census	1940	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Paul Blair
  Obituary	Feb 1944	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  	The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 17 Feb 1944, Thu • Page 14
  		Obituary-BLAIR Ruby
  Death	15 Feb 1944	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [2, 5, 7]
  Burial	Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  		Cemetery-Spring Hill (Nashville TN)
  Person ID	I23855	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Arthur Hasting Herring,   b. 19 Feb 1871, Smith County, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Dec 1960, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lucile Beverly 'Lucy' Kemp,   b. 19 Dec 1875, Smith County, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Apr 1926, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Oct 1894	Smith County, Tennessee, USA   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F10044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paul Elihu Blair,   b. 24 Jan 1908, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA d. 2 Jul 1973 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F11009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jul 1913 - Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter - 1920 - Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Census - Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Sister of Maude Rutherford - 1930 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Naturalization - Miss Ruby Herring - Aug 1936 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Paul Blair - 1940 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Obituary - The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 17 Feb 1944, Thu • Page 14 - Feb 1944 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Death - 15 Feb 1944 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  Obituary-BLAIR Ruby

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 11, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1736; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 126. 1920 United States Federal Census [S515] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S12] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0200; FHL microfilm: 2341977. 1930 United States Federal Census [S304] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 23. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [S13] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 2. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 [S27] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03973; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 99-75. 1940 United States Federal Census [S2340] Obituary of Ruby Blair - NashvilleTennessean - 1944, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 17 Feb 1944;), The Tennessean; Publication Date: 17 Feb 1944; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Mrs Paul Blair - Funeral services for Mrs Paul Blair, 30, who died Tuesday at a Nashville hospital after a year's illness, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Burkitt, Son and Cullum by the Rev. Fred Stroud and the Rev G L Cullom. Mrs. Blair was the wife of Cpl. Paul Blair, who is stationed at the Nashville Army Air Center. Before her illness, Mrs. Blair lived at 1020 Maxwell Avenue. A native of Naahville, Mrs. Blair was educated In Nashville schools and was a member of the First Independent Church. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs Blair leaves her father, A H Herring, Nashville; three sisters, Mrs. Lela Parker, Nashville, Mrs Pat Rutherford, Atlanta, and Mrs Dan Joslin, Atlanta, and two brothers, Horace Herring, Atlanta, and A H Herring, Jr., Cincinnati. https://www.newspapers.com/image/148632327/?article=ac130f7f-cbe1-425b-a2f0-8f35eb42b136&focus=0.148701,0.5358726,0.27175722,0.5918785&xid=3355 Obituary-BLAIR Ruby [S1991] Obituary of Grace McPherson - Nashville Tennessean - 1936, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 3 Aug 1936;), Grace Herring McPherson Obituary. Funeral services for Mrs Grace Herring McPherson, 37, wife of Andrew P. McPherson, who died at her home, 112 Rosebank avenue, Saturday afternoon, will be conducted at 10 o'clock this morning at the funeral home of Phillips, Robinson and Company at 2707 Gallatin Road. The Rev. EM McMillan will officiate, and burial will be in Spring Hill cemetery. Mrs McPherson was a native of Gallatin, but had lived in Nashville for tha greater part of her life. She had been ill about nine weeks at the time of her death. She attended the Tulip Street Methodist Church. Besides her Husband, she is survived by one daughter, Katherine McPherson; two sons, Andrew H Jr and Billie McPherson; her father, AH Herring; four sister, Miss Ruby Herring, and Mrs Dan Joslin, this city; Mrs H S Rutherford, Atlanta, Ga, and Mrs Lela Wooton, Raleigh, NC; two brothers, FH Herring, Cincinnati, O and Arthur H Herring, Nashville. Pallbearers will be: Joseph McPherson, HS Rutherford, DE Joslin, AW Lynell, GW Elkins, and Hugh Hailey https://www.newspapers.com/image/605276902/?article=82873895-e42e-40b2-a83e-a4a68091eb54&focus=0.62157965,0.6669329,0.7365467,0.79197377&xid=3355 Obituary-McPHERSON Grace [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 5, Smith, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1241600. 1900 United States Federal Census [S46] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002