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Mrs. Ruby Dale Wagley Eason, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Dec12, 1985
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Dale Wagley Eason, were held at the Churchof 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, withher 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 CoraBelle Miller Wagley, she was the fourth child of a family of elevenchildren, 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 LeonWagley, Arthur Mack Wagley, and Alton Cade Wagley. She was preceded indeath by
sisters, Lina Cobb, Nina Lockwood, Pearl Robinson, Alice Belisle, andbrother, Arthur Mack (Shorty) Wagley, also her husband, W. E. (Bill)Eason.
Mrs. Eason will be remembered as manager of the Many Theater for a numberof years. She was an active member of the LDS Church, having served inmany positions of responsibility. She was an avid genealogist, and spentinnumerable hours in research on her family lines. She was a regularresearcher 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 intranscribing German genealogical records into English. She was alsoinvolved in copying Sabine Parish cemetery records for publication by theDAR.
Mrs. Eason was skilled in needlework, as an expert seamstress andquilter. She sewed for the Red Cross during World War II, and wasinvolved in making quilts and clothing for the Church Welfare
program. She headed the finance committee in many money-making projectsfor her church. Whatever the need, she could be depended upon to do herpart and more. She is fondly remembered as "Ruby",
and "Aunt Ruby", by her friends here and elsewhere. She is survived byone daughter, Patsy Hardy; two granddaughters, Allison Covington, andCindy Drees; and one great granddaughter, Paige Covington.
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