Ruby Lee Blazer

1927 - 2005  (78 years)

• Name	Ruby Lee Blazer
  Born	1 Feb 1927	North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Pigeon Townshihp, Haywood County, North Carolina   [1]
  Died	15 Feb 2005	Pisgah Manor Nursing Home   [2]
  Buried	Bon-A-Venture Cemetery, Haywood County, North Carolina   [3]
  Person ID	I102611	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Cleophus Edwin Blazer,   b. 1 Apr 1904, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Nov 1995  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Mary Ruth Wilson,   b. 14 Sep 1906, North Carolina ,   d. 4 Apr 1986  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F70694	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Carroll Edward Trantham,   b. 9 May 1926,   d. 22 Jul 2011, MedWest Haywood  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1949
  Children	1. Dawn Trantham   2. Terry D. Trantham
  Family ID	F175210	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Feb 1927 - North Carolina Buried - - Bon-A-Venture Cemetery, Haywood County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1940. Name Ruby L Blazer Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Pigeon Township, Haywood, North Carolina, United States Sex Female Age 13 Marital Status Single Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter Relationship to Head of Household Daughter Birthplace North Carolina Birth Year (Estimated) 1927 Last Place of Residence Same House Household Role Sex Age Birthplace C A Blazer Head M 35 Tennessee Ruth Blazer Wife F 33 North Carolina Ruby L Blazer Daughter F 13 North Carolina Gerald Blazer Son M 11 North Carolina Judith A Blazer Daughter F 1 North Carolina [S142] Newspaper Article, 15 Feb 2005. Ruby Lee Blazer Trantham, age 78, died Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at Pisgah Manor Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was a daughter of the late Cleophus and Ruth Wilson Blazer. She was also preceded in death by an infant brother. She retired from Champion Credit Union in 1989 with nearly 30 years of service. She was a member of Woodland Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for over 20 years and was also a choir member. Ruby enjoyed volunteering with Haywood Christian Ministries, working in her rose garden, cooking, reading and traveling with her husband. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Carroll E. Trantham, one daughter Dawn T. Childers and her husband Tim of Taylorsville, NC, one son Terry D. Trantham and his wife Gail of Candler, one sister Judy Putnam of Canton, one brother Gerald Blazer of Florida, 2 grandchildren; Bryan and Kala Trantham and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 17, 2005 at the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services. Reverend Alan Davis and Reverend Claude Conard will officiate. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home and at other times the family will be at the residence. Flowers would be appreciated or memorials may be made to Woodland Baptist Church Library Fund, 1400 Old Clyde Road, Clyde, NC 28721. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 73810601).