Ruby Faye Taylor

b. 3 January 1903, d. 16 September 1970
  • Ruby Faye Taylor was born on 3 January 1903 in Midland, Midland County, Texas.
  • She married Mike Halley Pegues, son of Henry Maxwell Pegues and Lula Graham, on 3 July 1921 in El Paso County, Texas, recorded as Jesse H. Pegues and Faye Taylor.
  • Ruby Faye Taylor and Mike Halley Pegues were living in El Paso, Texas, at 2709 Gold Street in 1922 at the time of the birth of their daughter Margaret Faye.
  • Mike Halley Pegues (and Ruby Faye Taylor) appeared in the 1924 1305 Taymor, Texas, City Directory listed as J. Hal (Faye) Pegues, bookkeeper at Western Tire & Supply Company.
  • Mike Halley Pegues (and Ruby Faye Taylor) appeared in the 1925 Amarillo, Texas, City Directory at 1823 Polk listed as Jesse H. (Faye) Pegues (Palo Duro garage).
  • Ruby Faye Taylor and Margaret Faye Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, at 315 East Harris rooming in the household of William and Myrtle Chambers. They are enumerated as Faye Taylor (divorced) and daughter Margaret F. Taylor.
  • She was employed by the post office as a postal clerk, according to the 1930 census.
  • Ruby Faye Taylor and Margaret Faye Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, at 501 Howard. They are enumerated as R. Faye Taylor (divorced) and daughter Margaret F. Taylor, with one female lodger in the household.
  • She was employed by the post office as a civil service clerk, according to the 1940 census.
  • She married Ross Clark on 11 April 1941 in Shackelford County, Texas, by license issued the 10th, with minister B. O. Wood officiating.
  • Ruby Faye Taylor became a widow at the 14 September 1969 death of her husband Ross Clark.
  • At the time of her death Ruby Faye Taylor was living in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at 3118 Fulton.
  • Ruby Faye Taylor died on 16 September 1970 at age 67 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas, at Medical Center Hospital . Her death was officially witnessed by Margaret Faye Pegues.
  • She was interred at Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 9 Apr 2015

Family 1: Mike Halley Pegues b. 9 January 1902, d. 29 May 1978

Family 2: Ross Clark b. 21 February 1906, d. 14 September 1969