Pearly Ruth Dilbeck

Pearly Ruth was born on December 20th, 1907.¹   Pearly Ruth's father was William Will Dilbeck and her mother was Lauranni Self.  Her paternal grandparents are Elias Franklin Dilbeck and Sarah Jane Auston. She had six brothers and seven sisters, named Walter Franklin, Jesse Lee, William Henry, Arthur David, Floyd Alan, Eugene Monroe, Katie Clide, Mary Alice, Bertie Jean, Sarah Nettie, Ester Estelle, Lela Myrtle and Ada Bell.  She is the third youngest of the fourteen children.