Per memories of Aunt Kathleen Sleadd (Ron's aunt):
Her grandfather Henry and grandmother Belle Gray lived on a large farm (the old Houser place) on Greenwood Rd in Jefferson Co, KY, which extended to the banks of the Ohio River. In the 1937 flood, their home was washed from its foundation and down the river. They rebuilt on the same foundation, living in a tent until they could get the work done. Aunt Kathy remembers that somebody donated a sewing machine to them. She thinks it must have been so they could replace their lost clothing. She and her sister Roma (Ron's mom) visited afterwards and she remembers the farmhouse across the road had an old radio sitting on the top of the roof, and there was debris scattered everywhere. Her Aunt Lillie and Uncle Earl both lived on the farm to help out until their parents died. Both of them later married.
The US census data shows that in 1900 and 1910, Henry and Belle rented farms in the Valley Station area on River Rd. Henry had a 2nd grade education, while Belle attended through eighth grade. On the 1920 census they are listed as farm owners on Greenwood Rd, with Henry listed as a truck farmer.
Henry's death certificate states that he died of pancreatic cancer.