Ruby was born in July of 1890.  She was one of the youngest children in the family and her parents were 39 and 40 when she was born.  She grew up in Amory and went to Amory High School.  When she graduated she went to Grenada College for Women in Grenada, Mississippi.  She also did some post-graduate work at a Chicago Conservatory befor returning home.  

She taught music at Amory High School for a few years then in June of 1917 she married Claude Earnest Thompson.  He was born on May 31, 1890, and worked for his father who owned and ran Thompson Hardware on Main Street in Amory, very close to the Webb Store.  He served in World War I, and when he returned they soon had their only child.  After marriage, Ruby had a private music teaching business in Amory at her home.  The Thompsons bought a house right on the side of one of the main roads in Amory and it still stands there today.  In 1930, the census recorded the family this way:

1930 Monroe County, Mississippi Census
Page 23B; #614 South Fourth Street, Amory
Thompson, Claude E. Head Owns Has a radio House worth $6,000 Doesn't live on a farm M W 36 Md. at age 23 Can read and write MS MS MS Co-Partner and Assistant Manager at a Retail Hardware Store
Thompson, Ruby C. Wife W F 36 Md. at age 23 Can read and write MS AL AL Teaches Music
Thompson, [private]

Claude took over the business and ran it until his death.  Ruby passed away relatively young by today's standards, at the age of 59, on April 4, 1950.  She was buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Amory.  Claude lived to be 84, but he passed away in March of 1975.  Their obituaries are below.

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Aberdeen Examiner (?)
"April 13, 1950"

A Tribute - Mrs. Ruby Webb Thompson
     It was the immortal Shakespeare who said that -
"All that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity."
     Although we know that statement is true, it is always a shock when someone whom you thought of as a vital living force ceases to be part of this world and moves on to that home beyond the skies.  And when that "someone" is a person, whose life has set a high record for personal integrity and gentle love - the loss is great and our hearts are heavy with grief.  But we have the comforting knowledge, that - the influence of such a life never dies, but is as lasting as the stars and shines on and on in the lives of others.
     Mrs. Ruby Webb Thompson, died early Tuesday, April 4, 1950, at the Baptist  Hospital in Memphis.  She had been ill for several weeks, but no one suspected taht death was neear until a day or two before the end came.  She was the daughter of the late B.W. Webb, and Lucy Ann Webb, who moved to Amory over fifty years ago and are identified with its early growth and development.  She was married to Claude E. Thompson, in June 1917.  To this union one son was born.  She attended the Amory Public Schools, graduated from Grenada College, and did post graduate work in music at Chicago Conservatory.  For many years, she was head of the Music Department of the Amory Schools.  A musician of unusual talent, she used this gift all her life to bring music into the lives of others, because as she often said, "Music brings the mind of the individual more in harmony with the will of God."  Early in life she united with the Methodist Church, and was an active worker in all departments, especially the Sunday School.  She was a member of The Twentieth Century Club, and Chairman of Music in the Third District of the Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs.  Under her capable leadership, this District received many State and national honors.
     Ruby loved life and took a deep interest in what was happening in the world as a whole, as well as what was happening in her own world of family and friends.  She cared deeply for her husband and her son - all things concerning them was of first importance to her - "she looketh well to the ways of her household..."
     There is great satisfaction to anyone who loved her in looking back on the full accomplishments of her life, and yet there is also a deep regret that it was not her destiny to carry it on for a while longer.
     She leaves her husband, Claude E. Thompson, her son, [private], three sisters, Mrs. H.D. York, Miss Mittie Webb, of Amory, Mrs. E.L. Lucas, of Washington D.C.; four brothers, John Webb, Curtis Webb, of Amory; W.C. Webb, of Nettleton, B.G. Webb, of Kosciusko; a niece, Mrs. E.E. Herrington, who was reared in the family home, and other relatives.
     Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, with the Pastor the Rev. G.R. Williams, officiating.  Assisting him were: a former Pastor, the Rev. R.G. Moore, the Rev. John F. Measells, and the Rev. D.H. Matherly.  As the soft strains of "Abide With Me" echoed through the Church during the beautiful service, - a gleam of hope could be seen through the cloud of sorrow.  After all, death is not the end of life - it is the beginning of a brighter life in eternity.
     "There is no death - the thing that we call death
     Is but another, sadder thing for life
     Which is itself an insufficient name,
     Faint recognition of that unknown life -
     That Power whose shadow is the universe."
                - M.S.W.

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Aberdeen Examiner (?)
1975

Mr. Thompson, local merchant
     Services for Claude Earnest Thompson Sr., 84, who owned and operated Thompson Hardware here for many years, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Pickle Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Truman Brooks and G.R. Williams officiating.  Burial was in Masonic Cemetery.
     Mr. Thompson, a native Amorian, died at 11:20 p.m. Saturday at Gilmore Memorial Hospital.
     He was graduated from Amory City Schools and attended the University of Mississippi.  He was married in 1918 to the former Ruby Kerry Webb, who died in 1950.
     Mr. Thompson was a veteran of World War I and a member of the First Baptist Church.
     Survivors are one son, [private], of Amory.

[Obituary from collection of obits at Aberdeen's Evans Library.]

Private Thompson (never md.)