I'M RESEARCHING MY FATHERS FAMILY.
MY FATHER WAS ELMER JOHN RUDDER, AS AN ADULT HE ONLY USED JOHN RUDDER, I DON'T KNOW IF HE USED ELMER AS A YOUTH. HE WAS BORN IN ST. LOUIS, MO IN 1916. HIS FATHER WAS EDWARD RUDDER (UNKNOWN MIDDLE NAME) AND HIS MOTHER WAS MAY HASTY RUDDER. I KNOW THAT MY FATHER HAD ATLEAST ONE SISTER. I BELIEVE MY FATHER WAS RAISED IN ST. LOUIS. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED. PLEASE REPLY VIA THE MESSAGE BOARD.