Rubye C. MINEAR

Rubye C. Drury Minear
June 12, 1926 - October 21, 1950

Gone but not forgotten

*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary
Tragic death this week came to Mrs. Rubye C. Minear, 24-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Drury, and former Hereford resident.

Mrs. Minear died late Saturday night in Lubbock Memorial Hospital of injuries sustained about three hours earlier in a motorcycle-car collision four miles north of Lubbock.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the First Methodist Church.

The motorcycle, on which Mrs. Minear was riding with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Drury of Hereford was involved in a collision with an automobile driven by Willis Partin, 52, of Lubbock.

Relatives reported that the condition of both Mr. and Mrs. Drury has improved. Drury, 30, was able to be brought to Hereford for the funeral. His injuries were a broken rib, broken ankle, cuts on his chin and lip, and a back injury.

Mrs. Drury's ankle was crushed and ligaments of her right leg were torn loose. She suffered severe bruises on the chin and neck. After examination of x-rays, the attending doctors reported her chest injuries were not serious.

Mrs. Minear was born on June 21, 1926, at Brownfield.

In 1940 she was married at Odessa to Philip Minear, who is now serving with the U.S. Navy off the shoreline of Korea. At the time of the funeral, the Red Cross had not been able to contact Minear.

The couple lived in Amarillo where he was employed with the Plains Chevrolet Company until August when he went into active duty with the Navy. He was sent overseas in less than a month. During World War II the couple lived on the west coast where he served with the Navy all during the war.

Mrs. Minear lived all her life in West Texas. The family has lived here several years. Mrs. Minear had been employed by Southwestern Public Service in Amarillo for the past several months.

Rev. Don Davidson officiated at the funeral services. Burial was in West Park Cemetery under the direction of the Gililland Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were: Fred W. Beall, Buford Lowe, Ed Taylor, E.L. Potter, J.A. Caldwell, and Jimmy Knittel.

Survivors of Mrs. Minear are two brothers, Thurman of Hereford and Cloyce Drury of Fort Worth; two sisters, Mrs. I.F. White of Temple City, Calif., and Bobbie Jean Drury of Hereford.

A large number of Mrs. Minear's relatives were here for the funeral including two brothers and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Minear of Midland and Mrs. and Mrs. Dawson Minear of Gonzales; two sisters and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Firman Leport and Mrs. Eunice Cleveland of Gonzales, and an uncle and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Minear of Ft. Stockton.

Minear's father, E.A. Minear, of Gonzales, was in ill health and unable to attend.

E.F. Drury and the son, Thurman, are in the contracting business here.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 50th Year-Number 42, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Thursday, October 26, 1950, Page 1)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Ruby Drury
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 25 Jul 1940
Marriage Place: Ector, Texas, United States
Spouse: Philip Minear
FHL Film Number: 2031856

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Rubya C Misser [sic]
[Rubya C Drury]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1926
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Oct 1950
Death Place: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Father: M F Drury
Mother: Jewal Righiewer

Contributed on 7/19/22 by neldapat
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