Obituaries:  Mrs. Ruby Dale Wagley Eason, Sabine Parish       E-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 12, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Ruby Dale Wagley Eason (Photo)

  Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Dale Wagley Eason, were held at
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Many, on
Thursday, December 5, 1985. Mrs. Eason, a former resident of
Many, died in Bountiful, Utah, Saturday, Nov. 30. She had made
her home for the past several years, with her daughter and
son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. William M. Hardy of Bountiful, Utah.

  Born in Vowells Mill, La., on Feb. 5, 1900, to Alexander Colman,
and Cora Belle Miller Wagley, she was the fourth child of a
family of eleven children, namely: Lina May (Mrs. Eddie P. Cobb),
Nina Bell (Mrs. Narra C. Lockwood), Pearl Cloe (Mrs. Coda R.
Robinson), Ruby Dale (Mrs. William E. Eason), Alice Lizzie (Mrs.
J. N. Belisle), Flossie Kate (Mrs. William L. Nicholls), Grover
Colman Wagley, Audrey (Mrs. Dan Slay), Fred Leon Wagley, Arthur
Mack Wagley, and Alton Cade Wagley. She was preceded in death by
sisters, Lina Cobb, Nina Lockwood, Pearl Robinson, Alice Belisle,
and brother, Arthur Mack (Shorty) Wagley, also her husband, W. E.
(Bill) Eason.

  Mrs. Eason will be remembered as manager of the Many Theater for
a number of years. She was an active member of the LDS Church,
having served in many positions of responsibility. She was an
avid genealogist, and spent innumerable hours in research on her
family lines. She was a regular researcher in the Genealogical
Library in Salt Lake City for many years. When she was 78 years
of age, she studied German, and spent two years in transcribing
German genealogical records into English. She was also involved
in copying Sabine Parish cemetery records for publication by the
DAR.

  Mrs. Eason was skilled in needlework, as an expert seamstress
and quilter. She sewed for the Red Cross during World War II, and
was involved in making quilts and clothing for the Church Welfare
program. She headed the finance committee in many money-making
projects for her church. Whatever the need, she could be depended
upon to do her part and more. She is fondly remembered as "Ruby",
and "Aunt Ruby", by her friends here and elsewhere. She is
survived by one daughter, Patsy Hardy; two granddaughters,
Allison Covington, and Cindy Drees; and one great granddaughter,
Paige Covington.