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Ruth Gattis Harris 1902 – 1986 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jul 1902

Birth Location: Dunklin County, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 22 Jun 1986

Death Location: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

Father: Joseph Gattis

Mother: Emma Hudson

Spouse(s): John Harris

Children(s): John Harris

According to available records, Ruth Gattis Harris was born in 1902 in Dunklin County, Missouri, USA, the child of Joseph Bynum Gattis and Emma Lucas Hudson. Following those early years, Ruth Gattis Harris married John Pompford Harris, and their family grew to include John "pete" Pompford Harris. In the later years of life, Ruth Gattis Harris died in 1986 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

Joseph Gattis
1850 – 1921
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Emma Hudson
1865 – 1908
Birth Location: Mississippi
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Spouses(s)

John Harris
1894 – 1955
Birth Location: Union City Rural, Obion, Tennessee, United States
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Children(s)

John Harris
1932 – 2024
Birth Location: Memphis, Tennessee
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 11 Jul 1902
    Event Place: Dunklin County, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Commercial Appeal; Publication Date: 24 Jun 1986; Publication Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; ,0.80751383,0.3626664,0.83562964&xid=335

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Commercial Appeal; Publication Date: 24 Jun 1986; Publication Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; ,0.80751383,0.3626664,0.83562964&xid=335

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 Jun 1986
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Commercial Appeal; Publication Date: 24 Jun 1986; Publication Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; ,0.80751383,0.3626664,0.83562964&xid=335

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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