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Olive Ruth Hensarling[1, 2]

Female 1921 - 2009  (87 years)


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  • Name Olive Ruth Hensarling 
    Born Dec 07, 1921  Bryan, Brazos county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Oct 29, 2009 
    Notes 
    • Obituary:
      Olive Ruth Nabors, 87, passed away in Bryan on Thursday, October 29, 2009, after suffering a stroke on October 3, 2009. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, November 1, at Hillier Funeral Home. Services are set for 2 p.m. Monday, November 2, at Hillier Funeral Home.
      Olive Ruth was born in Bryan on December 7, 1921, to Jesse Earnest and Erma Jane Cloud Hensarling. She was a descendant of pioneer families in the early 1850s in Brazos County. Olive Ruth was the valedictorian of the first graduating class at the present Stephen F. Austin School building in Bryan. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
      At the age of 12, Olive Ruth joined the Freewill Baptist Church of Bryan. Later after marrying, she became a member of the First Baptist Church of Bryan. At the time of her death, she was a member of the Eunice Bible Class.
      Olive Ruth served two terms as president of the Board of the Girls Club of Brazos County. She served as the Chaplain for the William Scott Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution.
      Olive Ruth married Cecil Thomas Nabors on November 23, 1945, while they were both employed by the Bryan School District. They made their home in Bryan, except for the 10-year period that they lived in Huntsville, Texas, where Cecil taught at Sam Houston State University.
      She was preceded in death by her husband of more than 60 years, Cecil Thomas Nabors; parents, Erma Cloud and Jesse Earnest Hensarling; and sister, Jessie Myrtle Cole.
      Survivors include her daughters and son-in-law, Jane and Glenn Phillips of Kingwood, Texas, and Kay Fountain of Huntsville; brother and sister-in-law, Jesse Earnest and Elizabeth Hensarling of Allen, Texas; grandchildren, Sara Jane Phillips, Katherine Amanda Phillips Williams and husband, Ryan, Nancy Jane Fountain Holcomb and husband, Guy, Reginald Trevor Fountain and wife, Teneile, Nathaniel Christopher Fountain and wife, Carrie, Thomas Jereld Fountain, and Megan Kay Fountain Martinez and husband, Jaime; great-grandchildren, Sydney Kay Fountain, Grayson Cecil Holcomb, Luke Patrick Fountain and Noe Thomas Martinez; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
    Person ID I56328  mykindred
    Last Modified Oct 1, 2010 

    Father Jesse Ernest Hensarling,   b. Jan 11, 1888, Brazos county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 02, 1932, Bryan, Brazos county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Erma Jane Cloud,   b. Jan 02, 1896,   d. Nov 29, 1984, Brazos county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married Apr 25, 1920  Bryan, Brazos county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cecil Thomas Nabors,   b. Apr 01, 1913,   d. May 03, 2006, Bryan, Brazos county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married Nov 23, 1945  Bryan, Brazos county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
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    Family ID F19911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Nabors, Cecil Thomas
    Nabors, Olive Ruth (Hensarling)
    60th Wedding Anniversary.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1653] Gedcom - Cullers McChrystal, Sharon.

    2. [S2039] Hensarling, Jesse Jr., email attachment "Tom_Cloud_Word.doc to Tom Cloud of Mar. 3, 2-007.