1. Joe Hayes Blackledge born 5 April 1918 In Waterloo, Iowa, died 14 Feb 2000 In Wildwood, Sumter, Florida, USA Married Ruth Virginia Adams 4 Nov 1936 In Des Moines, Iowa, USA. She was born 26 Jun 1918 in Ottumwa, Iowa to John Wesley Adams and Fern Mary Goodspeed and died 12 Dec 2005 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut.