Myra Books b. 29 Jul 1912 Near, Calwood, Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 8 Mar 1971 : Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1912 - 1971

Birth 29 Jul 1912 Near, Calwood, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Gender Female

Died 8 Mar 1971

Buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I8975 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 20 Apr 2011

Father Herman Edward Books, b. 20 May 1872, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 12 Sep 1958, Fulton Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Mother Nora Frances Pugh, b. 23 Aug 1874, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 15 Oct 1942, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Family ID F14347281 Group Sheet

Family Ray Moore Maddox, b. 2 Mar 1914, Near, Calwood, Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 25 Apr 1988

Married 18 Aug 1950 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

... married at the home of the bride in Callaway County near Fulton, Missouri. They made their home on a farm, 4 miles northeast of Fulton.

Children

Last Modified 27 Aug 2007

Family ID F14347298 Group Sheet

Headstones		Ray M. Maddox & Myra Books Ray M. Maddox, Mar. 2, 1914 - Apr. 25, 1988. Myra Books Maddox, July 29, 1912 - Mar. 8, 1971. Ray Moore Maddox was a son of Grant M. Maddox and Pricie J. Wright. He was a grandson of Robert Austin Wright and Judith Alice Simco. He was my 3rd cousin once removed. On Aug. 18, 1950 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married Myra Books. She was a daughter…

Notes	From the book, History of Callaway County, 1984: Ray Moore Maddox and Myra Books were married August 18, 1950, at the home of the bride in Callaway County near Fulton, Missouri. They made their home on a farm four miles northeast of Fulton. Myra was born on July 29, 1912, in Callaway near Fulton, the third child of Herman Edward Books and Frances Pugh. Myra's father was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1872. Myra's mother was born in 1874 and spent her entire life in the same house where Myra lived her entire life. Ray and Myra had three children: Hubert Ray; Sara; and Nancy. Myra received an Associate in Arts degree from William Woods College in 1931 and a B.S. from the University of Missouri in education in 1936. She taught at Hardin, Fulton High School, and Hickman High School. Both attended Ebenezer Church. Myra taught Sunday School classes, and Ray served as treasurer for 20 years. Ray and Myra engaged in livestock and grain farming after their marriage. Myra died in 1971. Ray continues to live on the home farm where he enjoys his hobbies of woodworking and playing the fiddle.

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Event

	Birth - 29 Jul 1912 - near, Calwood, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Married - 18 Aug 1950 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Buried - - Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri, USA

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