Ruth Coleman Garrett
- Born: 19 Oct 1916, Danville City, Virginia (At Home)
- Marriage: Benjamin Hughes Adkins Sr. on 26 Oct 1936 in Danville, VA.
- Died: 4 Mar 2002, Salem, VA at age 85
- Buried: 9 Mar 2002, Greenwood Memorial Gardens (West Patterson Ave.) Richmond, Va.
 General Notes:
DAR membership # 301455, June 16, 1937, Dorothea Henry Chapter-Thomas Sims, Sergeant-Continental Line.
Ruth was the first of the Garrett children in her family to be born in Virginia.
Noted events in her life were:
• Education: George Washington H. S., Strafford College.
Ruth married Benjamin Hughes Adkins Sr., son of William Thomas Adkins Sr. and Lula Ossie Belcher, on 26 Oct 1936 in Danville, VA. (Benjamin Hughes Adkins Sr. was born on 24 Feb 1914 in Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA, died on 17 Jan 1995 in Salem, VA and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Gardens (West Patterson Ave.) Richmond, Va..)
Marriage Notes:
Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Name: Benjamin Hughes Adkins (single)
Residence: 128 Graville Avenue, Beckley, WV
Occupation: Surveyor
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1914
Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1936
Marriage Place: Danville, Virginia
Registration Place: Danville, Virginia
Father: Wm T Adkins
Mother: Lula Belcher
Spouse: Ruth Coleman Garrett (single)
Residence: 863 Paxton Avenue, Danville, VA
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 20
Spouse Father: Albert E Garrett
Spouse Mother: Susie Blackwell
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