Mary Ruth Leake
1903 - 1968 (64 years)-
Name Mary Ruth Leake - daughter of John Wesley Simmons Leake and Lillie Olena Gibson [1]
Born 6 Sep 1903 Pisgah, Jackson County, Alabama 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 28 May 1968 Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas [1, 2] Buried Shamrock Cemetery, Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas [1] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10616197/mary-ruth-shields
Plot: Blk-A, Lot 41 Sp 7
Person ID I1847 McKeown Last Modified 25 Jul 2023
Family Russell William Shields, b. 7 Jun 1902, Noble County, Oklahoma , d. Apr 1979, Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas (Age 76 years) Married 6 May 1932 [1, 2] Last Modified 25 Jul 2023 Family ID F774 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 6 Sep 1903 - Pisgah, Jackson County, Alabama 
Died - 28 May 1968 - Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas 
Buried - - Shamrock Cemetery, Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Mrs. R.W. Shields
Shamrock – Funeral services for Mrs. R.W. (Ruth) Shields, 64, who died Tuesday in Shamrock General Hospital following an illness of one year, are pending with Clay Funeral Home.
Mrs. Shields was born in Pisgah, Ala. She lived in Hedley two years before moving to Shamrock 48 years ago.
The former Mary Ruth Leake, she married Russell William shields in Sayre, Okla., on May 5, 1932. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband; four brothers, Howard and Wesley Leake of Shamrock, Hixon of Bakersfield, Calif., and Fletcher of Yucca Valley, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Nina Conway of Bakersfield; and a niece who was reared in her home, Mrs. Marlon Palmer of Bakersfield.
The Amarillo Globe-Times, Amarillo, Texas. Wednesday, May 29, 1968.
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