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Virginia Ruth <I>Harrison</I> Lewis

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Virginia Ruth Harrison Lewis

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
10 Jan 1960 (aged 43)
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section G
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Daughter of Bertie and Eugene C. Harrison.

Died at the age of 43.

She married first before 1935 Dennis Buel Hooper, #46946176, b. 1911, d. 1954; son of Pairlee Martin, 46282071 (b. GA 1875, d. 1962), and Matthew Jarrett Hooper, #46282069 (b. GA 1868, d. 1946).

Dennis registered for the World War II Draft in Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, at age 29, residence 506 Plum St. NW, Altlanta, GA.

Dennis B. Hooper and Ruth Hooper Sawyer were the parents of:

1. Lois Hooper Daley, b. ca 1935; m. Craven Co., NC, Nov 25, 1957, Jack Alan Lambert, b. Ohio March 31,1934, son of Jelletta Verbenia Woods (b. Ohio ca 1913; liv. 1951; m. 2nd William Henry McLean, b. Ohio ca 1909; liv. 1951) and John Sherman Lambert (b. Ohio ca 1912; liv. 1940).

2. Jeanette Buel Hooper, b. ca 1936; m. Craven Co., NC, July 31, 1954, Larry Douglas Whitley, b. ca 1935, son of Mary Whitley Ricks and Robert Douglas Whitley.

Ruth Hooper married second between 1940 and 1954 Wilford Thomas Sawyer, #58413515, son of Olive Banks, #58419311 (1897-1985), and Willie Mitchell Sawyer, #58419252 (1890-1950).

Wilford was born in Pamlico Co., NC, March 23, 1917; died in Alliance, Pamlico Co., NC, March 13, 1954; buried at Grantsboro Cemetery, Grantsboro, Pamlico Co., NC.

Wilford had married first Mary Amelia Heape, #147796945. They later divorced. Wilford and Mary had three children:
a. Mitchell A. (Sawyer) Waters, #54176129, b. 1943, d. 2007; m. Evelyn Jennett Crosby; three children
b. Joan (Sawyer) Waters (twin); m. Bob Felicetti
c. Jean (Sawyer) Waters (twin); m. (?) McCoy
Mary married second Joseph Waters. Joseph adopted her three children.

Ruth H. Sawyer married third at age 40 years in Craven Co., NC, September 13, 1958, Herman Thomas Lewis, age 34 years, son of Annie Lorena and Artis Guilford Lewis. Herman served as a PFC in Battery B, 108th Field Artillery, in World War II. Herman was born in Blounts Creek, Beaufort Co., NC, April 29, 1924; died April 21, 1969; buried at Lewis Cemetery, Blounts Creek, Beaufort Co., NC.

The New Bern Obituary Index has her obituary as:
Last Name, First Name, Middle or Maiden Name, Date of Obituary, Newspaper, Page #
Lewis, Ruth, H., 1/12/1960, SJ, 5
and
Lewis, Ruth, Harrison, 1/11/1960, SJ, 5

“SJ” is the New Bern Sun Journal. The local library has the newspapers on microfilm.

From tombstone inscription, LDS Family Search, and New Bern Obituary Index.
Daughter of Bertie and Eugene C. Harrison.

Died at the age of 43.

She married first before 1935 Dennis Buel Hooper, #46946176, b. 1911, d. 1954; son of Pairlee Martin, 46282071 (b. GA 1875, d. 1962), and Matthew Jarrett Hooper, #46282069 (b. GA 1868, d. 1946).

Dennis registered for the World War II Draft in Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, at age 29, residence 506 Plum St. NW, Altlanta, GA.

Dennis B. Hooper and Ruth Hooper Sawyer were the parents of:

1. Lois Hooper Daley, b. ca 1935; m. Craven Co., NC, Nov 25, 1957, Jack Alan Lambert, b. Ohio March 31,1934, son of Jelletta Verbenia Woods (b. Ohio ca 1913; liv. 1951; m. 2nd William Henry McLean, b. Ohio ca 1909; liv. 1951) and John Sherman Lambert (b. Ohio ca 1912; liv. 1940).

2. Jeanette Buel Hooper, b. ca 1936; m. Craven Co., NC, July 31, 1954, Larry Douglas Whitley, b. ca 1935, son of Mary Whitley Ricks and Robert Douglas Whitley.

Ruth Hooper married second between 1940 and 1954 Wilford Thomas Sawyer, #58413515, son of Olive Banks, #58419311 (1897-1985), and Willie Mitchell Sawyer, #58419252 (1890-1950).

Wilford was born in Pamlico Co., NC, March 23, 1917; died in Alliance, Pamlico Co., NC, March 13, 1954; buried at Grantsboro Cemetery, Grantsboro, Pamlico Co., NC.

Wilford had married first Mary Amelia Heape, #147796945. They later divorced. Wilford and Mary had three children:
a. Mitchell A. (Sawyer) Waters, #54176129, b. 1943, d. 2007; m. Evelyn Jennett Crosby; three children
b. Joan (Sawyer) Waters (twin); m. Bob Felicetti
c. Jean (Sawyer) Waters (twin); m. (?) McCoy
Mary married second Joseph Waters. Joseph adopted her three children.

Ruth H. Sawyer married third at age 40 years in Craven Co., NC, September 13, 1958, Herman Thomas Lewis, age 34 years, son of Annie Lorena and Artis Guilford Lewis. Herman served as a PFC in Battery B, 108th Field Artillery, in World War II. Herman was born in Blounts Creek, Beaufort Co., NC, April 29, 1924; died April 21, 1969; buried at Lewis Cemetery, Blounts Creek, Beaufort Co., NC.

The New Bern Obituary Index has her obituary as:
Last Name, First Name, Middle or Maiden Name, Date of Obituary, Newspaper, Page #
Lewis, Ruth, H., 1/12/1960, SJ, 5
and
Lewis, Ruth, Harrison, 1/11/1960, SJ, 5

“SJ” is the New Bern Sun Journal. The local library has the newspapers on microfilm.

From tombstone inscription, LDS Family Search, and New Bern Obituary Index.


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  • Created by: Jim Dugan
  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31308347/virginia_ruth-lewis: accessed ), memorial page for Virginia Ruth Harrison Lewis (12 May 1916–10 Jan 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31308347, citing New Bern Memorial Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jim Dugan (contributor 47026362).