Person:Nelwyn Williams (2)

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m. 13 Feb 1926
  1. Nelwyn Williams1926 - 1953
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Name Nelwyn Williams
Gender Female
Birth[4] 10 Nov 1926 Bernice, Union, Louisiana, United States
Census[1] 1930 Union, Louisiana, United States
Census[2] 1940 Union, Arkansas, United States
Death[3] 1 Sep 1953 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Cause of Death[5] 1 Sep 1953 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United Statesof Heart failure, while rising to be discharged to home from the hospital.

They had no children of their own. Ruth was born with an "incomplete heart", per several doctors in Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA soon after her birth. She was fairly sedentary because of that.

Funeral serivces for Mrs. Nelwyn Ruth Ashburn, 26, of 6O4 fifth-wy, Pratt City, [ Birmingham, Alabama] who died Tuesday in a local hospital, will be held at 2:30 p.m., tomorrow, at the West End Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Elder C. R. Lickey and Elder L. R. Holley will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

A native of Bernice. La., she made her home in Kingsport,Tenn., before moving to Birmingham in 1946.

She is survived by her husband, A. D. Ashburn; a foster daughter, Frances Ruth Ashburn; her mother, Mrs. Hazel Williarnson, Kingsport, Tenn.; her father, Harris S. Williams, and a brother. Birmingham News; 3 Sep 1953, p23

References
  1. Union, Louisiana, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Fifteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T626. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    P 2B.

    Williams, Harris S, E. D. 18, Police Jury Ward 10, Union, Louisiana, Laborer
    Harris S Williams, M age 26, b.LA; Hazel L Williams, F age 22, b. LA; Ruth Williams, F age 3, b. LA

  2. Union, Arkansas, United States. 1940 U.S.Census Population Schedule
    P 6B.

    Williams, H S,E. D. 70-37, Norphlet, Union, Arkansas, School Truck Driver
    H S Williams, M age 37, b. LA; Hazel Williams, F age 32, b. LA, Ruth Williams, F age 13, b. LA, (Living) Williams, M age 10, b. LA

  3. Alabama, United States. Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974; Index to Deaths, 1908-1959. (Alabama)
    1 Sep 1953.

    Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama

  4. Find A Grave.
  5. From Family information