Born Ruby Inez McBrayer, to Jack E. McBrayer and Minerva Jane Ashenhust McBrayer, raised on the north side of Ft. Worth, Texas. Her brothers Cecil McBrayer and Duffy E. McBrayer. Married Wilfred Gordon Hardy of London, Ontario, Canada in early 1916. She gave birth to one daughter Doris in December 1916. Divorced from Gordon Hardy after a separation. She later married Horace Sanders, and divorced him. Still later she married Arthur Theo Cotton (whom she had known as a neighbor as a child) in late 1930s and remained married to him until his death in 1965. It was A.T.'s 2nd marriage and Ruby's third.
Ruby never drove a motorized vehicle. She was a great, wonderful cook, a great home-maker and had a "green thumb" and took great pride in her various plants. She could grow something from a tiny pinch of a plant or seeds. She was famous for her thanksgiving dinners, her huge amounts of candy and cookies she made during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. She loved simple things in life, checkers, dominos, postcards, her parakeets, baking and cooking. She treasured the children in her life, Duffy Junior, and her two grandsons and her great grand-daughter and great grand-son.
She worked briefly as a beautician for the Poly Beauty Shop in the 30s and prior to that at the "packing house" on the northside. She was a walking history of family lore, and knew all the names, dates and places of family history of the McBrayers and Ashenhusts. She loved train rides, was a member of many lodges, a devoted Christian and lived the life and taught by example. Her love for her family members was unconditional.
She answered to many names from her beloved kin, her daughter called here "Mama", Bob called her "Rudy", Duffy called her "Ditty" and I called her "Boob" or "Booby" (as I could not pronouce "Ruby" as a child).
Ruby never drove a motorized vehicle. She was a great, wonderful cook, a great home-maker and had a "green thumb" and took great pride in her various plants. She could grow something from a tiny pinch of a plant or seeds. She was famous for her thanksgiving dinners, her huge amounts of candy and cookies she made during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. She loved simple things in life, checkers, dominos, postcards, her parakeets, baking and cooking. She treasured the children in her life, Duffy Junior, and her two grandsons and her great grand-daughter and great grand-son.
She worked briefly as a beautician for the Poly Beauty Shop in the 30s and prior to that at the "packing house" on the northside. She was a walking history of family lore, and knew all the names, dates and places of family history of the McBrayers and Ashenhusts. She loved train rides, was a member of many lodges, a devoted Christian and lived the life and taught by example. Her love for her family members was unconditional.
She answered to many names from her beloved kin, her daughter called here "Mama", Bob called her "Rudy", Duffy called her "Ditty" and I called her "Boob" or "Booby" (as I could not pronouce "Ruby" as a child).
Born Ruby Inez McBrayer, to Jack E. McBrayer and Minerva Jane Ashenhust McBrayer, raised on the north side of Ft. Worth, Texas. Her brothers Cecil McBrayer and Duffy E. McBrayer. Married Wilfred Gordon Hardy of London, Ontario, Canada in early 1916. She gave birth to one daughter Doris in December 1916. Divorced from Gordon Hardy after a separation. She later married Horace Sanders, and divorced him. Still later she married Arthur Theo Cotton (whom she had known as a neighbor as a child) in late 1930s and remained married to him until his death in 1965. It was A.T.'s 2nd marriage and Ruby's third.
Ruby never drove a motorized vehicle. She was a great, wonderful cook, a great home-maker and had a "green thumb" and took great pride in her various plants. She could grow something from a tiny pinch of a plant or seeds. She was famous for her thanksgiving dinners, her huge amounts of candy and cookies she made during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. She loved simple things in life, checkers, dominos, postcards, her parakeets, baking and cooking. She treasured the children in her life, Duffy Junior, and her two grandsons and her great grand-daughter and great grand-son.
She worked briefly as a beautician for the Poly Beauty Shop in the 30s and prior to that at the "packing house" on the northside. She was a walking history of family lore, and knew all the names, dates and places of family history of the McBrayers and Ashenhusts. She loved train rides, was a member of many lodges, a devoted Christian and lived the life and taught by example. Her love for her family members was unconditional.
She answered to many names from her beloved kin, her daughter called here "Mama", Bob called her "Rudy", Duffy called her "Ditty" and I called her "Boob" or "Booby" (as I could not pronouce "Ruby" as a child).
Ruby never drove a motorized vehicle. She was a great, wonderful cook, a great home-maker and had a "green thumb" and took great pride in her various plants. She could grow something from a tiny pinch of a plant or seeds. She was famous for her thanksgiving dinners, her huge amounts of candy and cookies she made during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. She loved simple things in life, checkers, dominos, postcards, her parakeets, baking and cooking. She treasured the children in her life, Duffy Junior, and her two grandsons and her great grand-daughter and great grand-son.
She worked briefly as a beautician for the Poly Beauty Shop in the 30s and prior to that at the "packing house" on the northside. She was a walking history of family lore, and knew all the names, dates and places of family history of the McBrayers and Ashenhusts. She loved train rides, was a member of many lodges, a devoted Christian and lived the life and taught by example. Her love for her family members was unconditional.
She answered to many names from her beloved kin, her daughter called here "Mama", Bob called her "Rudy", Duffy called her "Ditty" and I called her "Boob" or "Booby" (as I could not pronouce "Ruby" as a child).
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Ruby Inez Cotton
Nov. 22, 1895
Aug. 20, 1986
