When Ruby Bernice Tomlinson was born on 28 February 1898, in Texas, United States, her father, John Henry Tomlinson, was 34 and her mother, Mary Alice Wills, was 32. She married Edward Early Andrew Jackson "Eddie" Creel on 2 July 1916, in Comanche, Comanche, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Coleman, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 1, Coleman, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 20 April 1978, in Coleman, Coleman, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Coleman City Cemetery, Coleman, Coleman, Texas, United States.