Jim,
Ruby was my 2nd cousin twice removed, so if she were your grandmother, then you and I are fourth cousins. Before the death of Mildred Latch, she and I corresponded a bit about our common Garison/Garrison lineage. Her mother Alice was a daughter of John Newton Arthur Garison, Jr., and his first wife Nancy Selvia Chandler. John was a son of John N.A. Garison, Sr., and Mary Amaline Neely Garison, of York County, South Carolina. John Jr.'s sister Sarah Amaline "Jane" Garison, wife of Samuel Sylvester Faris, was my great-great grandmother.
Dan