Ruby Muhammad
Ruby Muhammad | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ruby Macie Grier c. 1907 Sandersville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 2011 (aged 103–104) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Ruby Pittman |
| Known for | Mother of the Nation of Islam (1986–2011) |
Ruby Macie Muhammad (née Grier) (c. 1907 – died March 2, 2011)
Her mother, born in 1889,[citation needed] died when she was very young, and she was raised by a woman she called her aunt, although she would later say that this woman was probably not her biological aunt. She did not know her father until she was a teenager.[4] Community records in Sandersville, where she was born, indicate her father died at age 107 and her great-grandfather died at age 110.[3]
Mother of Islam
Muhammad spent her early years working in the fields and joined the
In 2006, Muhammad moved into a senior center in
Personal life
Ruby Muhammad was married to John Pittman and had four children. After her first husband died she married James Hyder in 1967.
References
- ^ a b Prista Lucas, Filipe (2009). "Ruby Muhammed Claims She is 112 Years in Sacramento, CA". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
- ^ "Spiritual Leader Ruby Muhammad 1897-2011".
- ^ a b "Seniors - Number of centenarians expected to double every decade". Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
- ^ a b c Saini, Sonia K. (July 13, 2006). "The life of a matriarch". Sacramento News. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
- ^ "Disabled Sacramento Woman, 110, Receives Power Wheelchair Donation from The SCOOTER Store". Medical News. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
- ^ Barrow, Genoa (February 5, 2008). "Mother Muhammad Goes Mobile". Sacramento Observer. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
External links
- Sacramento News & Review interview with Ruby Muhammad, July 13, 2006
- Ruby Muhammad's website, owned by her daughter Paulette Helton
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