Ruth M. Montgomery, 19281942 (aged 13 years)

Name
Ruth M. /Montgomery/
Birth
Census
Birth of a sister
Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Death
March 29, 1942 (aged 13 years)
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Montgomery"

Burial
Family with parents
father
19041955
Birth: October 14, 1904 23 22 Tennessee
Death: March 29, 1955
mother
brother
sister
sister
sister
sister
elder sister
22 months
elder sister
19271927
Birth: September 5, 1927 22 18
Death: September 5, 1927
13 months
herself
19281942
Birth: October 6, 1928 23 19 Tennessee
Death: March 29, 1942
11 years
younger sister
9 years
younger brother
19472004
Birth: about 1947 42 37
Death: March 10, 2004Scotts Hill, Decatur Co. TN
Mother’s family with James Coy Maners
stepfather
mother
Marriage MarriageApril 16, 1964
Death
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Montgomery"

Shared note

Mary Montgomery and baby Roach, (The Lexington Progress, April 3, 1942)

Two Killed In Wreck Near Scotts Hill: A group of folks from the Gray's Chapel community, Decatur County, started last Sunday to the storm stricken area near Beacon in a flat bed truck driven by Charlie Phillips. Among those in the group were Miss Mary Montgomery, 15 years of age, who was holding the baby six months of age, of a Mrs. Roach. When the truck reached the front of the home of John S. Pratt, it was discovered that a rug on which all were sitting was on fire, and a lady in the crowd yelled for all to jump, which Miss Montgomery did, with the baby she was holding, and to the death of both. Miss Montgomery's neck was broken and the baby's skull fractured, and death was instant. Mrs. Roach, mother of then baby had a leg broken when she jumped from the car. It is assumed that the rug was hanging over the end of the truck had become ignited from the exhaust pipe. Funeral services were held for the victims at Gray's Chapel.

  • CROSSING THE DARK RIVER, Henderson County, Tennessee, Obituaries 1827-1950, Brenda Kirk Fiddler, Lexington, Tennessee 1999

Researcher's Note: Per Mary Lynn Montgomery Butler, the young lady killed in the accident described above was Ruth Montgomery buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Apparently, the reporter either had the name wrong or else the young lady's name was Mary Ruth Montgomery.