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Dec 5, 2013 · Broadway performer and film actress, Ruby Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio on October 27, 1924 to Gladys Hightower and Marshall Edward Wallace. Her mother was a domestic and her father worked as a cook, waiter, and porter.
Jun 11, 2014 · Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. Ruby Wallace, daughter of Edward Wallace and Gladys Hightower, was born in 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. [1]
Apr 1, 2018 · Gladys Hightower, a Tower of Song in Las Vegas, New Mexico. I never knew her history or how she came to be the only black person at the First United Methodist Church in Las Vegas, New Mexico. But she was there, and had been a part of the church for many years before I discovered it. She always sat at the end of the second row pew on the west side.
Jun 11, 2014 · Born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio on October 27, 1922, she was the third child born to Gladys Hightower and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace. Her parents were two teenagers who married when Gladys became pregnant with the first child.
Jan 10, 2024 · Search all Gladys Hightower Obituaries and Death Notices to find upcoming funeral home services, leave condolences for the family, and research genealogy.
Dec 17, 2023 · Gladys Hightower, 91 years of age, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2023 with her loving family by her side. She lived most of her life in Oslo, MN, Grand Forks, ND and then Fargo, ND, and subsequently moved to Eustis, FL in 2011.
Apr 29, 2022 · Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Gladys Hightower and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter, and porter. After her mother left the family, Dee's father married Emma Amelia Benson, a schoolteacher.
Feb 26, 2015 · Gladys L. Hightower a native of Jackson, MS and a resident of Port Allen, LA passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the age of 95. She was a retired school teacher for West Baton Rouge...
Gladys Hightower (1902) Born 15 Feb 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio. Ancestors. Daughter of Thomas P Hightower and Lillian Mosely. Sister of Raymond Hightower and Ruby Hightower. Wife of Edward N Wallace — married 10 Feb 1919 in Cuyahoga, Ohio. Mother of Ruby (Wallace) Dee. Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
Aug 20, 2020 · Ruby Dee, a renowned Broadway performer and film actress, was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio on October 27, 1922. She was the daughter of Gladys Hightower and Marshall Edward Wallace. Her mother worked as a domestic while her father held various jobs as a cook, waiter, and porter.
