What Happened To Ruby Mccollum S Biracial Daughter

Although no one will ever find out what really happened between ruby and dr.

What happened to ruby mccollum s biracial daughter. Leroy adams a white physician and state senator elect in his office in live oak florida. Leroy adams a prominent white doctor and state senator elect the judge restricted her testimony but she did testify as to their sexual relationship and his paternity of her child. Leroy adams a white physician and state senator elect in his office. In 1952 mccollum a mother of four was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to the electric chair for the murder of white senator and dr.

What happened to loretta mccollum. Ruby stated that over a period he had repeatedly forced her to submit to sex and that her youngest child loretta was fathered by. On august 3 1952 ruby mccollum met dr. To this day the actual bill has never been produced as evidence.

Was rocked by the killing of a white doctor and elected official at the hands of a married black woman. Clifford leroy adams jude says. A jury of 12 white men convicts mccollum of first degree. In july of 1951 ruby had a daughter loretta and according to ruby s testimony this was adams daughter not sam s.

Woman in the suwannee jail. Ruby mccollum fatally shoots dr. Leroy adams at his office in live oak fla. The mysterious case of ruby mccollum and the shooting of dr c.

Ruby mccollum was the richest black woman in live oak florida in the 1940 s. Mccollum s youngest daughter is alleged to be the biracial child of dr. On a sunday morning august 3 1952 ruby mccollum who was the richest african american woman in suwannee county and had grown up in marion county walked into the office of sainted white physician dr. Adams ruby was able to spend the remainder of her life free in new horizons rehabilitation center in ocala until her death in 1992.

After being institutionalized ruby went to live at a home paid for by william bradford huie in exchange for writing her story in a book entitled ruby mccollum. A look at the ruby mccollum story. Ruby testified that she owed dr. He performed the autopsy on adams and testified to mccollum s sanity during her trial.

She was married to known racketeer bolita sam. Clifford leroy adams and shot him four times with a revolver. On the day of the shooting ruby had opened a bill addressed to her husband sam. On august 3 1952 ruby mccollum met dr.

The amount of the bill is unknown. The strange case of ruby mccollum. In 1952 the community of live oak fla. Workman was ruby mccollum s physician when she was pregnant with adams child.

She later admitted to shooting him four times in the chest after he wouldn t agree to leave her alone.