When Ruby Buelah Allen was born on 16 February 1908, in Carter, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Willie Lee Allen, was 31 and her mother, Katie Eliza O'Sullivan, was 25. She married Edward Carl Pryor on 27 August 1928. She lived in Poarch Township, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 2, Gray, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 2 August 1990, in Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States, at the age of 82.