Ruth (Miller) Sorrells
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Title
Ruth (Miller) Sorrells
Subject
Sorrells, Ruth Marie Miller (1935-2016)
Description
Photograph of Ruth (Miller) Sorrells as a child with glasses and short hair.
Ruth grew up on Main Street in Woodstock, the only child of Harry Alton (1908-1996) and Sudie Pearl (Foster) (1912-1990) Miller.
In the 1940 census, her father worked in a pool hall. Ten years later, he was a presser in a coat factory.
Ruth married Aubrey Harris Hough (born in Alabama) in 1957. She was a 22-year old Blue Bell employee and he was a 29-year old divorced telephone construction worker living in Edinburg. The marriage did not last.
She married for the second time in 1969. Bobby Eugene Sorrells (1934-1996) was the son of Wallace Murry and Blanche Louise (Cherrix) Sorrells, from Edinburg. This was his third marriage.
Bobby had served in the U.S. Navy from 1952-1956 and worked for the Virginia State Highway Department.
Ruth grew up on Main Street in Woodstock, the only child of Harry Alton (1908-1996) and Sudie Pearl (Foster) (1912-1990) Miller.
In the 1940 census, her father worked in a pool hall. Ten years later, he was a presser in a coat factory.
Ruth married Aubrey Harris Hough (born in Alabama) in 1957. She was a 22-year old Blue Bell employee and he was a 29-year old divorced telephone construction worker living in Edinburg. The marriage did not last.
She married for the second time in 1969. Bobby Eugene Sorrells (1934-1996) was the son of Wallace Murry and Blanche Louise (Cherrix) Sorrells, from Edinburg. This was his third marriage.
Bobby had served in the U.S. Navy from 1952-1956 and worked for the Virginia State Highway Department.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in July 2002 by Sandra Armentrout, who knew the subject and was related to her.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Ruth Miller Sorrells appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001151 and 009694.
Identifier
001151
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Ruth (Miller) Sorrells,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed January 13, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/23435.
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