Ruth Hazel Shields^[1]

1913 - 2008  (94 years)

• Name	Ruth Hazel Shields
  Born	29 Nov 1913	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	15 Jul 2008	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	19 Jul 2008	Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I2090	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	Media Edards "Edd" Shields,   b. 25 Oct 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Feb 1949, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Davie Eliza Shults,   b. 25 Aug 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Feb 1965, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F3351	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Otha Estel "Estel" Ownby,   b. 25 Nov 1910, Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Apr 2004, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 93 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1936
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Shields Ownby,   b. 27 Apr 1944, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)
  Headstones		Ownby Estel Otha Ruth Shields Nov. 25, 1910 Nov. 29, 1913 Apr. 19, 2004 July 15, 2008 Married Oct. 29, 1936 Precious memories last forever
  Family ID	F792	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Nov 1913 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 15 Jul 2008 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 19 Jul 2008 - Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Mr. & Mrs. Estel & Ruth Ownby; looking at Ruth's diploma from Carson Newman College
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission on photo: March 16, 1952; 60th wedding anniversary of Sam & Sarah Whaley Ownby; (too cold for Mrs. Ownby to come outside; she wasn't well); see text file for photo identification
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Estel Ownby & Ruth Shields were married 1936 by Preacher Joel Carr at his home on Webb's Creek
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission l to r: Reford Lamons & wife Velma Ownby Lamons, Ruth Shields Ownby & husband Estel Ownby, Evolena (in front), nancy Ann Ownby Whaley, Lillie Whaley Ownby & husband Walter Ownby
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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 50, 95. Misty Spinelli "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 103. "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 74.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, Vol. XXVI, Issue 1, page 52-54, 2000. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Ruth H Shields Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 13, Sevier, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 16 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1914 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0016 Family Number: 132 Sheet Number and Letter: 7B Line Number: 73 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2271 Film Number: 2342005 Digital Folder Number: 4547919 Image Number: 00927 Household Gender Age Parent Edd M Shields M 44 Parent Davie E Shields F 39 Ruth H Shields F 16 Ruby L Shields F 14 Kate Shields F 13 John C Shields M 11 Mary L Shields F 64 Genette Clobough F 3 [S80] Rawlings Funeral Home, (http://www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com/), 15 Jul 2008. Ruth Shields Ownby, age 94 joined her husband Estel in Heaven July 15, 2008. Her health slowly declining since his death in 2004. A proud decendant of the Shields family one of the first families to settle in this area. Earning a degree from Carson Newman College and a MS from UT she followed in her father’s footsteps as a school teacher. Mrs. Ownby loved teaching and was loved by her students. She taught 38 years beginning in a one room school at Shady Grove, retiring in 1973 after having spent most of her career at Pi Beta Phi High School in Gatlinburg. Her love of nature led to teaching biology. She could indentify practically every wildflower and plant in the Smoky Mountains. R.O. as her students fondly called her was also an outstanding teacher of mathematics. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a national society of key women teachers. Ruth was a dedicated member of First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge, teaching Sunday school for years. Hard working member of Sevier County Retired Teachers Association, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, Gatlinburg Garden Club and the National Campers and Hikers Association. Preceded in death by her father, Media Edards Shields, mother; Davie Shults Shields; husband: Estel Ownby; sister: Ruby Franklin; brother Claude Shields; close in-laws: Evolena Ownby, and Velma and Reford Lamons. Survivors include daughter: Sarah Ball and husband: Norman; sisters: Kate Maples and Jeanette Beckwith and husband, Robert, grandchildren: Misty and husband, Tony Spinelli; Eric and wife, Jennifer Ball; Jason and wife, Heather Ball; and nine great grandchildren. The family asks that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Sevierville Retired Teachers Association Scholarship Fund. Funeral services will be held 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2008 at First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge with the Rev. W.W. Cope officiating. Eulogies and words of kindness to be brought by other family members and close friends. Family and friends will meet at 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning at First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge to go in procession to Middle Creek Cemetery for an 11:00 a.m. interment service. The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2008 at First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge prior to the service.