Obit of Burnett, Ruby Vincent - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell <wpurc25758@aol.com>  30 May 2005
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Surnames: Burnett, Vincent, Rickert, Boggs

Originally Posted at:
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Ruby Vincent-Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Vincent, was born
in Logan county, Oklahoma, January 28, 1908 and passed from this lifeon
April 19, 1938 in Richmond, Virginia.  She camto to Texas, west of Reydon
with her parents when she was 18 months of age.  In 1918 she moved to
Cheyenne with her parents where she made her home until her marriage on
February 21, 1937.  At this time she became the wife of W.B. Burnett, the
nuptial ceremony occured in Oklahoma City where Ruby was employed in the
state capitol at that time.

Survivors of her immediate family are her husband and infant daughter,
Judith Ann, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Vincent, one brother,
Bob Vincent and two sisters, Mary Rucket of Missouri and Nettie Boggs of
Cheyenne, Oklahoma.  She also leaves one half-brother and one half-sister,
Jessie Rickert, both of Reydon, Oklahoma.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Cheyenne Sunday
afternoon, the sermon being delevered by Rev. C.C. Wilson of Ardmore who
baptized Ruby into the church, and who also, performed the marriage
ceremony which united her in marriage.  Burial was made in the White Rose
cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma in the family plot where
other members of the family are buried.

Ruby as a girl was very bright, active and enthyustiac, these attributes
enabling her to complete high school in three years.  She graduated with
the class of 1924 from the Cheyenne High School.  Shortly after completing
a physical weakness from which she never recovered.  She was employed in
office work in different times in Erick, Elk City and in Oklahoma City.

In 1928 Ruby united with the Methodist church of Cheyenne and was one of
its most serious workers having worked in the young people's department
and as a teacher in the Sunday Schools.  She was a charter member of the
Cheyenne Business and Professional Women's Club and one of its most
enthusiastic members as long as she was in this city.

Ruby was a person who was capable of deep friendships.  She loved her
friends and was ever loyal to them.  She chose her friends from every walk
of life and from those of every age among whom were children and those of
declining years.  As an employee she was loyal, steadfast and dependable.
As a Sunday School Teacher she was idolized by the members of her class.
Her passing from life at an early age is mourned by the entire community
and her lifed will liver ever in  the memory of her friends.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 28-Apr-1938
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