Ragin, Moutrene. Moutrene Ragin is a member of my family by marriage. She was the wife of Johnny F Patterson, who is also a family member by virtue of his and Moutrene's marriage. These are the vital statistics we have gathered on Moutrene so far:============================================================================================Father: =====Robert Ragin Sr====Mother: ===== Mary Richardson, died about 1992, [Paxville?]===== GrFather: Henry Richardson ===== GrMother: Susan ? Richardson ===== Born: 5 July 1931 in Clarendon County, South Carolina [verified]=====Married: Johnny F Patterson [verified] ===== Died: 5 February 2005 in Queens County, New York [verified] ===== Siblings: John Ragin [Sr], Dorothy Ragin [Fludd], Annette Ragin [Grimes], Robert Ragin Jr, and possibly others ==================================================================================================
Questions. Was Moutrene Ragin's birth name Eartha Ragin?=====Who were the parents of her husband, Johnny F Patterson? ===== It has been verified that Johnny F Patterson was born 19 August 1918, but where was he born? [His Social Security number was issued in the state of Mississippi, but a family member says he was born in Illinois.] ===== Was Johnny F Patterson's given name John Franklin Patterson, Johnny Franklin Patterson, or Johnny F [middle initial unknown] Patterson? [His military records give his name as Johnny F Patterson, the Social Security Index lists him as John Patterson, but a family member says his name was John Franklin Patterson.]

Somehow, when you begin genealogy research, you don't want to give up. Hence, this post.