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Ruby Louise Graves Mitchell (born 1923)

Ruby Louise Graves Mitchell (born 1923)
(Mrs. Donald Mitchell)

The following July 20, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 8, column 4:

    MISS RUBY GRAVES AND A/T DONALD MITCHELL MARRIED

    Miss Ruby Graves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graves, Lowell, became the bride of A/T Donald Mitchell of Columbus, Miss., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, Eldora, Iowa, in a double ring ceremony read by Rev. Henry Bulger, Tuesday, July 18, at 2:00 p.m. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graves on Halstead street, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion with cut flowers.

    Attendants were Miss Monica Kalvaitis and Charles M. Clark.

    Miss Graves was very pretty in a suit of medium olive green wool, with brown accessories and a corsage of white peas. Miss Kalvaitis combined brown accessories with her dress of lighter olive green and wore a corsage of talisman rose buds.

    The wedding party and the parents of the bride enjoyed dinner at Phil Schmidt's, after which they returned to the Graves home for the reception held for about forty members of the immediate family and a few friends.

    Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell will go to Iowa to visit the groom's parents, and will then return to Columbus, Miss., where the groom is stationed. Mrs. Mitchell has an apartment there and plans to reside in Columbus until her husband is transferred.


The following March 15, 1945, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 5, column 3:
    Mrs. Donald Mitchell is spending several days with friends at Lafayette. Mrs. Mitchell, the former Ruby Graves, was staying with her husband, who is stationed in Mississippi, before coming here to visit her parents, the Frank Graves.

This April 12, 1945, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 1, column 2:
    Mrs. Donald Mitchell left on Saturday for San Antonio, Texas, where she will join her husband, who is stationed there

Last updated on January 17, 2012.

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