Ruby Scruggs in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of Ruby Scruggs's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When Ruby Scruggs was born about 1935, her father, J, was 32, and her mother, Jeanette, was 28. In 1940, she was 5 years old and lived in High Shoals, North Carolina, with her father, mother, 2 brothers, and 3 sisters.