Arnold Ancestors - Generation 4 - Ruby Dorcas Hicks, Part One

Moving on from George Arnold's family to George's sister Annie's. Annie Arnold married Ulysses Fillmore Hicks. They were my great-grandparents, and I was very privileged in that they were still living and were part of my childhood.

Ruby Dorcas Hicks was born 22 May 1912, in Judsonia, White County, Arkansas

PHOTO: Ulys and Annie with Ruby

PHOTO: Ruby Hicks, 11 days old.

I guess this is where the unwritten family tradition started of taking pictures of babies when they were 11 days old. I don't know if it was on purpose or just coincidental in the beginning, but it was well established three generations later when my babies were being born. 

PHOTO: Ruby Hicks

PHOTO: Ruby Hicks (right) with her sister Irene.

PHOTO: Annie and Ulys with Ruby and Irene

PHOTO: Ruby and Irene

Ulys and Annie had ten children. The first one, a boy, died at birth. The other nine grew to adulthood, and most of them were an active part of my childhood. The third daughter was my grandmother, Cleffie.

PHOTO: Ruby, Irene, and Cleffie

PHOTO: Annie, Ruby, Irene, Cleffie

PHOTO: Irene (left) and Ruby holding Cleffie

PHOTO: Ruby, Irene, and Cleffie

PHOTO: Annie with Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, and Elvin

I call this picture "Stairsteps" -- Ruby, Irene, Cleffie, Elvin, and Evalee.

They had been eating watermelon.

PHOTO: Annie capping strawberries, with (L-R) Elvin, Irene, Evalee (front), Ruby, and Cleffie

PHOTO: Ruby (right) with cousin Tom Williams (next to Ruby) and friends Luther Sparcer and Violet Mobley. I believe this was Tom's car.

PHOTO: Ruby and Cleffie

PHOTO: Ruby, Irene, Cleffie

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I have so many pictures of aunt Ruby, and I hate to leave any of them out. So I'm going to divide this post into two parts. Tomorrow I'll post pictures of her after she was married.