Ruth Dorothia REDFERN^[1]

1900 - 1998  (98 years)

• Name	Ruth Dorothia REDFERN  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Born	9 Mar 1900	Rochester, New York   [2, 5, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Education	she attended the University of South Carolina  [3]
  HIST	She was a past president of the Pilot Club and a member for 50 years. She was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, a past president of the Merchants Association, and served as president of the Easter Seals Campaign in 1961. at death- she had 5 grandchildren and a great-grandchild While a student at the University of South Carolina she met and married her first husband and shortly thereafter moved with him to Sumter. She opened a ladies’ clothing store at 101 1/2 N. Main St. called RuVelle for Sanders and her sister-in-law. 25 years later she moved to the corner of Main and Canal Streets. occupation cont- shop which has been in operation for 35 years- which began in 1936- (RuVelle’s formal opening was 30 Mar 1962 at 202 N. Main St., Sumter, South Carolina) She was presented a plaque which reads as follows: “Ruth R. J. Sanders, for 35 years of unselfish service on Main Street.” Listed on the plaque were the names of her employes: Helen Terry, Florrie Reynolds, Dea Bertram, Alice Osborne, Betty Ardis, Grace Hodge and Betty McElveen. She was named “Woman of Year” by the Business and Professional Women’s Club in 1965.  [3, 11, 12]
  Occupation	after her first husband died, she worked as a clerk in the ladies’ ready-to-wear department at Sumter Dry Goods Company, where she worked for about three years as a sales clerk and as an assistant buyer; owner and operator of RuVelle, a ladies’s specialty  [3, 12]
  Religion	she was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Sumter, South Carolina, where she is a past president of The Women of the Church  [3, 11, 12]
  _UID	0BC2470A8F11448B8276632EAAB977DFCF8E
  Died	3 Dec 1998	Covenant Place on Carter Road, Sumter, South Carolina   [11]
  Buried	5 Dec 1998	Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [11]
  	Bullock Funeral Home, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I19627	Singleton and other families
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Dr. Frederick Cochurfer REDFERN
  Mother	Blanche THOMPSON
  _UID	BC5A7D798C854679BE57077650C3227E2159
  Family ID	F13944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Robert Bradford JENNINGS,   b. 13 Nov 1895, South Carolina ,   d. 12 Aug 1934  (Age 38 years)
  Married	16 Feb	Trinity Methodist Church, Sumter, South Carolina   [8]
  	The Reverend Francis T. Cunningham
  _UID	47C8788F4D80436C866C56240B2F79B869C0
  Children	1. Paul Redfern JENNINGS, Sr.,   b. 3 Oct 1927, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina ,   d. 10 Dec 2017, at his residence, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  (Age 90 years)   2. Rufus Vaughan JENNINGS,   b. 1919, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina ,   d. 11 Mar 2002, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F13943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	William Henry SANDERS,   d. 25 Jan 1982
  _UID	A3C9DD2AAE8747F8B11F1017CCD07CE4DA52
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F14954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S25616] Paul R. Jennings. [S43] Ellen McNeal of Columbia, SC, Page 45. [S10145] Women of Honor - Sumter Volunteers names 3 who made outstanding contributions. [S11173] Interview with Paul and his daughter, Ruth, Jennings. [S11182] . [S11288] Ruth R. Sanders. [S11291] Take Another Look At Downtown Sumter. [S11301] Miss Norma Marshall Wed To Paul Jennings. [S15000] Redfern sighting a hoax; local economy shows growth. [S16360] Search for Redfern to resume; Williams announces probe at plant. [S1278] Ruth R. Sanders. [S11286] Merchant Honored.