Babe Ruth Marries Claire Merritt Hodgson.

She continued to participate in New York Yankee and other baseball events long after her husband’s death.

Johnny Vardeman is retired editor of The Times. In later years, she indicated her responsibility, in part, for the poor relationship between her husband and teammate Lou Gehrig. The marriage didn’t work out, and his uncle gave her $100 to start a new life in New York. To install click the Add extension button. Babe Ruth died in 1948 at age 53. Nor did Claire Merritt join the Ziegfeld Follies because she wasn’t tall enough, Stevens said.

Claire is said to have settled him down somewhat, getting him out of bars and managing his finances.

She was adopted by Babe Ruth. Jerry Rylee, retired Hall County State Court solicitor and second cousin to Claire Merritt Ruth, says the Rylees also are kin to another baseball legend, the late Johnny Mize of Demorest. How Popular Claire Merritt Ruth is * 122 is AGE #308 * 1897 is the Birth Year #826 * 9 is the Birth Month #496 * 11 is the BirthDay #407 * NA is the birth Place #588 Claire Merritt pulled up her deep Northeast Georgia roots in the early 1920s, went to New York and married legendary baseball star Babe Ruth. [2] She met Ruth in 1923. His grandmother was Emma Rylee Mize, sister of James Madison Rylee, Claire Merritt Ruth’s uncle. They hadn’t divorced supposedly because Babe had been raised in a Catholic reform school. This is what it looked like, Bo Hatchett still has the most votes after recount in Georgia Senate District 50 runoff, Ellen’s Dream Team: 75-year-old gets active to end Alzheimer’s and bring awareness to the disease his wife faces daily, The ‘Mark Trail’ comic strip is passing the torch to this Hispanic cartoonist, Column: Raise your stein and celebrate Oktoberfest from home, WATCH: Local company scans gold mines untouched for 100 years with flying and underwater drones, Why local volunteers are spending hours locked in kennels, High school football: Meet the generous benefactor for the East Hall High football program who simply wants to share kindness, High school basketball: GHSA makes extensive requirements for upcoming basketball season to combat coronavirus, High school cross country: North Hall's Jones and Gainesville's Thompson win at Hall County championships, High school football: West Hall holds off Chestatee 14-8, High school football: Cherokee Bluff remains unbeaten with 52-0 win against Georgia Military College, Opinion: Striving together, America can improve, Opinion: Trump doesn’t care about environment, Opinion: COVID-19 a real problem in this nation, on many fronts, Opinion: Court picks shouldn’t be about politics, Opinion: South Hall growth must be managed, Column: Columns keep church history alive in hills of Northeast Georgia, Column: God still can hear your praise through the mask, Column: Don't get swept away — watch for rising rivers while camping, Column: As the weather cools, beware of this odorless offender.
The story goes that because Claire was so attractive even at a young age, while trying a case her father would seat her on the front row of the courtroom to distract an all-male jury while the opposing lawyers argued their side. Claire Merritt Hodgson Ruth, born Clara Mae Merritt (September 11, 1897 – October 25, 1976), was a native of Athens, Georgia, United States, who is most famous for having been the second wife of Babe Ruth. Jerry Rylee said Emma Mize of Demorest was visiting relatives in Gillsville when she died. Stevens was visiting a son, Britt, who lives in North Atlanta. Claire Merritt was the wife of baseball legend George Herman "Babe" Ruth.