Ruff, who worked in Lubbock as a court reporter for the 137th District Court before starting his own business specializing in shorthand reporters, died Jan. 8 at age 83.He was born on July 23, 1932, in Old Mobeetie the next to youngest of seven children.When he was 17, his mother reluctantly signed for him to join the Army, Curtis said in a life story he wrote for his family before he died. Curtis said “all of the five boys in our family served in the Armed Forces”, three during... MORE