JOHNIE RUTH EAVES LYON, 57, was born in
Ranger, TX to Ada Mae Frost & J.H. Eaves on Oct. 3,
1928 and died on April 23, 1986 at Arlington, TX.
She was in the Ranger High School Class of 1945.
Johnie Ruth married Gene Arnold Lyon (RHS-1944)
from Dec. of 1945 until her death. They had two
daughters, Paula Roberts of Braintree, MA and
Marilyn Jordan of Littleton, CO, and one son
Jack who preceded her in death.
Johnie Ruth was the youngest of the seven Eaves
children. Her siblings (all deceased) were Olive
Eaves, Troy Eaves, Audrey Eaves Weekes (RHS-1937),
Geneva Eaves Guess (RHS-1936), Laura Mae Eaves
(RHS-1935), & Hazel Eaves Kitley (RHS-1931).
John Henry Eaves was a letter-carrier with the Ranger
Post Office and died at Ranger in 1954. Her mother,
Ada Mae Frost, died in 1975. Their daughter, Laura
Mae Eaves was living in Ranger when she died in 1991.