Ruth Donegan

1920 - 2010  (90 years)

• Name	Ruth Donegan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	20 May 1920	Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Mary's Twin
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	District 1
  Census	1940	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Census	1950	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Alvis Baker
  Residence	Sep 1963	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [9]
  	Mrs Ruth Baker
  Death	24 Dec 2010	Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Willow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  		Willow Mount Cemetery (Also known as Willowmount Cemetery) Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee Find a Grave: #1989964
  Person ID	I13824	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Leonard Clinton Donegan,   b. 7 Oct 1897, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. 24 Sep 1963, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Grace Berril Lankford,   b. 27 Oct 1900, Tennessee, USA d. 31 Mar 1961, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Apr 1916	Williamson County, Tennessee, USA   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F10911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alvis Aron Baker,   b. 10 Dec 1914, Union County, North Carolina, USA d. 19 Aug 1982, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1940	Moore County, Tennessee, USA   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Phil J Baker,   b. 9 Feb 1953, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA d. 2 May 2018, Smyrna, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Living   4. Aron Don Baker,   b. 25 Aug 1947, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Aug 1999, Panama City Beach, Bay, Florida, USA (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 May 1920 - Tennessee, USA Census - District 1 - 1930 - Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter - 1940 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 31 Oct 1940 - Moore County, Tennessee, USA Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Alvis Baker - 1950 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Residence - Mrs Ruth Baker - Sep 1963 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA Death - 24 Dec 2010 - Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• People

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• Sources

  [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 1, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: 2245; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 227.0; FHL microfilm: 2341979. Birth date: abt 1921 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1930 Residence place: District 1, Dickson, Tennessee 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: District 1, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: 2245; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 227.0; FHL microfilm: 2341979. [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15. Birth date: abt 1921 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Bedford, Tennessee, United States 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15. [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;). Marriage date: 31 Oct 1940 Marriage place: Moore, Tennessee Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S8194] Find a Grave: DONEGAN Ruth Baker 1920-1963, Ruth Donegan Baker. [S546] Ancestry.com, U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;), Newspaper: The Huntsville Times; Publication Date: 27 Dec 2010; Publication Place: USA , , . Birth date: 05/20/1920 Birth place: Death date: 12/24/2010 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Shelbyville, Tenn [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: ; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: 1964. Birth date: 20 May 1920 Birth place: Death date: 24 Dec 2010 Death place: Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bedford, Tennessee;. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bedford, Tennessee; [S4169] Newspapers.com: Obituary of LC Donegan • Nashville Banner - Sep 1963, (Name: Nashville Banner; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 27 Sep 1963;), Leonard Clinton "LC" Donegan Obituary. Funeral services for L C Donegan, 65, were to be held today at Gowen-Smith Chapel with burial in Willow Mount Cemetery. Mr Donegan, a retired Fly Manufacturing Co employe, died Wednesday in Bedford County General Hospital. He was a native of Dickson County and a Methodist. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs Ethelene Clark and Mrs Ruth Baker, Shelbyville, and Mrs Edith Bateman, Lynchburg; five sons, Leamon, Woodbury, J C Wilson and Terry, Shelbyville, and Airman 2c Leonard C Donegan Jr, Robins Air Force Base GA; two brothers Marshall, Dickson, and Malloy Donegan, Madison Heights MI; seven sisters, Mrs Lola Lovell and Mrs Elberta Reynolds, Nashville, Mrs Naomi Jones, Old Hickory, Mrs Iva Nowlin, Tullahoma, Mrs Alma Byrd, Troy MI, Mrs Geneva I Dowden, Muskegon MI, and Mrs Valley Fielder, Dickson; 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. https://www.newspapers.com/image/603308175/?article=40af7b28-882e-41fa-a92c-fdb6d2603ee4&focus=0.39087325,0.67067534,0.51262015,0.8268083&xid=3355 Obituary-DONEGAN LC OBITUARY OF LEONARD CLINTON DONEGAN • Nashville Banner • Nashville, Tennessee • Fri, Sep 27, 1963 • Page 30 [S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;). Marriage date: 18 Apr 1916 Marriage place: Williamson, Tennessee Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S8193] Find a Grave: LANKFORD Grace Donegan 1900-1961, Grace Berril Lankford Donegan.