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Rubye Mae <I>Steele</I> Brooks

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Rubye Mae Steele Brooks

Birth
Michigan, USA
Death
9 Aug 1997 (aged 79)
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Fayette County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Rubye Mae Steele was born 4 MAR 1918 in Weakley County, Tennessee to William Herbert and Stella Pearl Davis Steele.
Rubye graduated as Valedictorian of the 1934 Class at Dresden High School, Weakley County, Tennessee. She was on the school debate team. She received a full tuition paid scholarship to Bethel College, where she graduated with a teaching degree. She taught in Tennessee and Indiana. She was a substitute teacher after retirement in Alabama.
She was a member of the National Camper's and Hiker's Association.
Steeles have a history of strokes and heart attacks.
She was a diligent archivist. She travelled all over the country gathering family tree information before the days of internet.
She was very good at crafts. She could make something out of almost anything. She was very good at growing African violets, of which she has dozens. She also collected teacups and saucers. She bought a matching cup and saucer on almost every trip they took.
She married Charles Elon Brooks on 8 DEC 1940 in Weakley County, Tennessee.
She died 9 AUG 1997 in Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama of acute myocardial infarction with coronary artery disease.
Rubye Mae Steele was born 4 MAR 1918 in Weakley County, Tennessee to William Herbert and Stella Pearl Davis Steele.
Rubye graduated as Valedictorian of the 1934 Class at Dresden High School, Weakley County, Tennessee. She was on the school debate team. She received a full tuition paid scholarship to Bethel College, where she graduated with a teaching degree. She taught in Tennessee and Indiana. She was a substitute teacher after retirement in Alabama.
She was a member of the National Camper's and Hiker's Association.
Steeles have a history of strokes and heart attacks.
She was a diligent archivist. She travelled all over the country gathering family tree information before the days of internet.
She was very good at crafts. She could make something out of almost anything. She was very good at growing African violets, of which she has dozens. She also collected teacups and saucers. She bought a matching cup and saucer on almost every trip they took.
She married Charles Elon Brooks on 8 DEC 1940 in Weakley County, Tennessee.
She died 9 AUG 1997 in Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama of acute myocardial infarction with coronary artery disease.


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  • Maintained by: Sherry Perry Relative Grandchild
  • Originally Created by: RTB
  • Added: Jul 30, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15092121/rubye_mae-brooks: accessed ), memorial page for Rubye Mae Steele Brooks (4 Mar 1918–9 Aug 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15092121, citing Shepherd Cemetery, Fayette County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Sherry Perry (contributor 46947485).