Ruth Evelyn Smith

1934 - 1976  (42 years)

• Name	Ruth Evelyn Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	6 May 1934	Woodlawn, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Census	1950	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  	Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	7 Nov 1976	Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA   [3, 4, 5, 7]
  	Cause: Accident - Car/Truck Crash
  	Car-Truck Crash
  		Fatality-BOURNE Ruth (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  Burial	Bellwood Cemetery, Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA   [4, 7]
  		Cemetery-Bellwood (Springfield TN)
  Person ID	I25280	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Lewis Ferrin Smith,   b. 14 Nov 1909, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Mar 1970, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Thelma Perkins Seay,   b. 17 Jul 1907, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Mar 1994, Cedar Hill, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family Residence	1950	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F9303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Bourne, Jr I,   b. 3 Mar 1935, Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Jan 2021, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1954	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [5, 9]
  	Port Royal Methodist Church
  Marriage End	Nov 1976  [4]
  	Death of Ruth
  Children	1. Elaine Bourne   2. Sue Evelyn 'Susie' Bourne   3. John Lewis Bourne   4. Bettye Diane Bourne
  Family ID	F9202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1934 - Woodlawn, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter - 1940 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Census - Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 9 Jun 1954 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Death - Cause: Accident - Car/Truck Crash - 7 Nov 1976 - Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Ruth Evelyn Smith

  
  

  Headstones

  Cemetery-Bellwood (Springfield TN)

  
  

  News		Fatality-BOURNE Ruth (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		News-BOURNE Ruth and John (Marriage)

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03923; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 63-5. 1940 United States Federal Census [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Tennessean; Publication Date: 16/ Mar/ 1994; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/112546550/?article=7c0a1a6c-6a50-4663-a9ec-8d495958bbe3&focus=0.81386286,0.03519425,0.97504824,0.1830. [S1352] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. [S645] Death of Ruth Bourne - Tennessean 09 Nov 1976, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 9 Nov 1976;), Death of Ruth Evelyn Smith Bourne. An Adams, Tenn., woman was killed and her daughter seriously injured near here Sunday when their car ran through a blanket of smoke and crashed into a tractor-trailer truck. State Trooper Joe P, Goff identified the two as: Mrs. Ruth S. Bourne, 42, wife of a Robertson County Court magistrate, killed instantly in the wreck. Miss Elaine Bourne, 19, of Adams, who was listed yesterday in critical condition at Westside Hospital, Nashville. Goff said the mishap occurred on U.S. 41 about a mile south of Guthrie, Ky. He said Mrs. Bourne apparently did not see the truck, which her car struck from the rear, because of smoke on the highway from a nearby brush fire. Another passenger in the car, Sue Sholar, 19, of1 Guthrie, was treated at Memorial Hospital here and released. broken pelvis and other injuries received in an earlier highway mishap. Services for Mrs. Bourne will be at 3 p.m. today at Associated Funeral Home, Springfield. Burial will be in Beflwood Cemetery, Adams. Survivors in addition to her daughter include her husband! John I. Bourne Jr., Adams; a son, John L. Bourne, Adams; two daughters, Mrs. Bettye Diane Travelstead, Wood-burn, Ky., and Mrs. Sue Evelyn Sholar, Guthrie; her mother, Mrs. Thelma Seay Smith, Cedar Hill, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Sue Ramey Alley, Franklin, Tenn., and Mrs. Alma Lewis Bohannon, Goodlettsville, Tenn. https://www.newspapers.com/image/111719229/?article=6f4d37e2-8af6-40bd-88f3-c478e443bb5c&focus=0.13666609,0.26959243,0.36638567,0.534197 Fatality-BOURNE Ruth (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) [S6] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Robertson, Tennessee. 1950 United States Federal Census [S9] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S190] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [S2278] Newspapers.com - The Leaf-Chronicle - 9 Jun 1954 - Page 8, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville, Tennessee; Date: 9 Jun 1954;), 9 Jun 1954. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49444870/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637 News-BOURNE Ruth and John (Marriage)