Life History

Notes

• Records for Ruth ElizabethTerry, wife of Rama Terry, match earlier census records of Ruth Elizabeth Hopkins, daughtrer of Thomas H and Mabel J Hopkins in Utah.  Some genealoiges report on her, but I have not found any that cite a marriage record, though one or two give the date.
  
  Rama Wall Terry
  Birth 10 Jun 1904 in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma
  Death July 1965 in  Juneau, Juneau, Alaska
  Marriage to Ruth Elizabeth Hopkins 24 Apr 1961 Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  --  Clark-Gibbens, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8221108/person/667654233?ssrc=&ml_rpos=11&ftm=1
  
  The record was found only on 22 May 2017.  Her nmae in the record is Ruth H Bost, her prevcious married name.
  
  Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
  Rama W Terry
  Age 56
  Birth Date abt 1905
  Spouse Ruth H Bost, age 43
  Both residents of Juneau, Alaska
  Marriage 24 Apr 1961 Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  Ceremony by Thomas Fleming Shaw, Minister of the Gospel, Christian Church
  Witnesses Dan Ernie Hanes of Juneau, Alaska and Joe A Turley of Tulsa, Oklahoma
  Registered Tulsa County Marriage Book #165, page 207
  
  Note that the genealogy reports that the couple married in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  This seems odd, since they were so far out west.  What connection did they have that would have taken them to Oklahoma to marry?  The marriage record was found 22 May 2017 and gives us her name as Ruth H Bost.
  
  Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
  Rama W Terry
  Age 56
  Birth Date abt 1905
  Spouse Ruth H Bost
  Marriage 24 Apr 1961 Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
  Ruth E Terry
  Birth Date 26 Jan 1918
  POB 1131, Juneau, AK, 99801 (1981)
  PO Box 21131, Juneau, AK, 99802-1131 (1992)
  1190 Engineers Cutoff Rd, Juneau, AK, 99801
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Ruth E. Terry
  Born 26 Jan 1918
  Died 29 Sep 2005
  Last Residence Juneau, Juneau, Alaska 99801
  SSN issued Utah (Before 1951)
  
  Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
  Ruth Elizabeth Terry
  Age at Death 87, Birth Abt 1918 Salt Lake City UT
  Death abt 2005 Juneau AK
  Publication Date 4 Oct 2005
  
  Evergreen Cemetery Juneau, Alaska Burial Records
  Terry, Rama W 0009  [no birth or death date] burial 13 Jul 1965  Plot 24-O-16
  Terry, Ruth E  5921  [no birth date] death 29 Sep 2005  burial 05 Oct 2005  Plot 24-O-16
  --  Evergreen Cemetery Register, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~akcjunea/cemeteries/evergreenBurialT.html
  
  I submitted updates to Ruth's memorial on Find a Grave in January 2015.  Here is the updated memorial.  In February 2015, her memorial was transferred to me to manage.
  
  Ruth Elizabeth Hopkins Terry
  Birth Jan 26, 1918 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Death 29 Sept 2005 Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska
  Spouse Rama W. Terry (1904 - 1965)
  Note: Buried in a joint grave with her husband Rama Wall Terry, in general plot 24-O-16; Evergreen Cemetery records report death occurred on 29 September 2005 and burial was on 05 Oct 2005
  Burial [5 Oct 2005] Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska, Plot 24-O-16
  Maintained by Orville Jenkins, Originally Created by T.V.F.T.H. Mar 10, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #49517173, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49517172

Sources

• 1. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 3. Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
• 4. Evergreen Cemetery Juneau, Alaska Burial Records
• 5. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. Ancestry Trees
• 8. Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins