Ruby Fay PoteeteAge: 82 years1917–2000
- Name
- Ruby Fay Poteete
- Given names
- Ruby Fay
- Surname
- Poteete
 Birth | June 14, 1917 34 25 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Tennessee McGehee December 1, 1918 (Age 17 months) Note: Death Certificate states she died on Dec 1, 1918. Not sure why the tombstone shows a different date. |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 6 months)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Elizabeth Poteete May 19, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Vuiel Louise Poteete April 9, 1923 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a mother | Vera Durham April 17, 1923 (Age 5 years) Associate: Arthur Daniel Poteete
Associate: Tennessee McGehee
Associate: William L Durham
Note: The death information was provided by Vera's husband, Arthur Daniel Poteete. Note: Death Certificate documents that her father was William L Durham and mother was Tennessee McGee (aka, McGehee). |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | Arthur Daniel Poteete August 19, 1954 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a sister | Mary Elizabeth Poteete February 1, 1982 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | Herman Daniel Poteete July 16, 1994 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | May 19, 2000 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Arthur Daniel Poteete Birth: February 28, 1883 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: August 19, 1954 — Fresno, California, United States |
| mother |
Vera Durham Birth: June 28, 1891 44 48 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 17, 1923 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: June 20, 1909 — Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Hazel Martha Poteete Birth: July 18, 1910 27 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: March 6, 2009 — Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Herman Daniel Poteete Birth: June 6, 1914 31 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 16, 1994 — Santa Clara, California, United States |
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3 years herself |
Ruby Fay Poteete Birth: June 14, 1917 34 25 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 19, 2000 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Elizabeth Poteete Birth: May 19, 1920 37 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 1, 1982 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Vuiel Louise Poteete Birth: April 9, 1923 40 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 16, 2007 — Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States |
Ruby Fay Poteete has 23 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (23)
Parents William C Palmer + Acland Durham
Parents Milerage Lindsey “JD” Durham + Sadie Hall
Parents Milerage Lindsey “JD” Durham + Ada Ridling
Parents Savannah Commodore “SC” Durham + Nellie A Rainwater
Parents William Fletcher Keith + Lenora Alice Durham
Parents John Lester Tillett + Myrtle Durham
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Daniel Poteete - Household
Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Daniel Poteete - Household
Howard, Conway, Arkansas, United States
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