Martha Ruth Martin ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: GVDP-DJ2.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. ⁴ The 1950 census recorded John R. Knox, auto mechanic in garage repair shop, 23, living with wife Martha, 23, and son Ronald W. Knox, 1. All were born in Alabama.

2. Obituary: Birmingham News: obituary of Martha Ruth Collins on 20 Oct 1997 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. ³ COLLINS, MRS. MARTHA RUTH, age 71, of Birmingham, died October 18, 1997. She was a member of Blessed Sacrement Catholic Church. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 1997, 10:00am at Blessed Sacrement Catholic Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5pm until 8pm with a wake at 6pm Tuesday at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel. Survivors include: husband, Ralph Collins; sons, Ronald W. Knox and Martin L. Collins; daughter, Robin C. Tubbs; grandsons, Christopher Knox, Timothy Knox and Matthew Tubbs; granddaughter, Haben Tubbs; brother Dickey Martin. Elmwood Chapel directing.

Martha married John Ronald Knox. The marriage ended in divorce in Mar 1953. (John Ronald Knox was born on 10 Mar 1927 in Lincoln, Talladega, AL,⁵ died on 4 Sep 1985 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL ⁵ and was buried on 6 Sep 1985 in Lincoln, Talladega, AL ⁵.)