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- [S4] 1920 US Census.
District 63, McFarlan, Hardin, IL (Ruth Fritz) Age 3/12 Born in IL (Father & Mother born in IL)
- [S6] 1930 US Census.
District 8, McFarlan, Hardin, IL (Ruth Fritz) Age 10 Born in IL (Father born in KY & Mother born in IL)
- [S23] 1940 US Census.
Bush, Williamson, IL (Ruth McCree) age 20 born in 1920 IL
- [S5] US Social Security Death Index.
Ruth Irene Gibson
SSN: 359-12-2814
Last Residence: 79705 Midland, Midland, Texas
Born: 25 Nov 1919
Died: 9 Feb 2009
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)
- [S103] US Obituary Collection.
Ruth Gibson
Death Date: 9 Feb 2009
Obituary Date: 10 Feb 2009
Newspaper Title: Midland Reporter-Telegram
Newspaper Location: Midland, TX, USA
Residence (at time of death): Midland
- [S16] Findagrave.com.
Ruth Irene Fritts Gibson
Birth: Nov. 25, 1919
Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Illinois, USA
Death: Feb. 9, 2009
Midland
Midland County
Texas, USA
Obituary posted on the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory website:
Ruth Gibson, 89, of Midland, passed away on February 9, 2009 at Midland Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at First Baptist Church with Rev. David Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring.
She was born on November 25 1919 in Elizabethtown, Illinois to Sarah May Stacey and Ezra Dean Fritz.
She moved to Big Spring in 1949 where she met the love of her life, Frank Pierce Gibson. She and Frank were married on July 3, 1950 in Lovington, New Mexico. He preceded her in death on March 8, 1996.
She began her civil service career in Big Spring at Webb Air Force Base.
She was known as a tax preparer in both Big Spring and Midland where she truly enjoyed helping people.
Ruth was deeply loved by and involved in her Sunday School Class, "The Dorcas Class," at First Baptist Church.
She was an avid gardener and enjoyed painting.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and three siblings. She was also preceded in death by her son Arleigh McCree, a LA Police Officer.
(Note: Ruth's son, Arleigh Eugene McCree was the Officer in Charge of the Firearms and Explosives Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. He was widely recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world. On February 8, 1986, he was killed along with another officer, while attempting to defuse two pipe bombs in a murder suspect's garage when the bombs exploded.)
Survivors include daughter, Janette Escobedo and husband Daniel of Midland; sons, Vernon McCree and wife Peggy of Mayfield, Kentucky and Gary Gibson and wife Kathy of Midland; six grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Parents:
Ezra Dean Fritts (1880 - 1968)
Sarah Mae Fritts (1892 - 1976)
Spouse:
John Louis McCree (1915 - 1993)
Children:
Arleigh Eugene McCree (1939 - 1986)*
Burial:
Trinity Memorial Park
Big Spring
Howard County
Texas, USA
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