William "Bill" Edwin McClanahan

1908 - 1999  (90 years)

• Name	William "Bill" Edwin McClanahan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Nickname	Bill
  Born	4 Jul 1908	Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Feb 1999	Plano, Collin County, Texas   [2, 5]
  Buried	Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Notes	Obituary, below, copied from this FindAGrave memorial page created by Stone Seeker. Source: Daily Ardmoreite Services for William E. McClanahan, 90, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Larry Berryhill officiating. Burial with Navy military honors will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. McClanahan was born July 4, 1908, at Tucumcari, N.M., to Jess and Fannie Copeland McClanahan. He died Feb. 20, 1999, in a Plano, Texas, hospital after a brief illness. A resident of Ardmore since 1948, moving here from Healdton, he was a building contractor and engineer. As a Navy warrant officer in the Sea Bees during World War II, he saw duty in Alaska, Okinawa and Shimu. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, in Lodge 31, AF&AM. He and Marie Porter Lewis were married February 1978 in Mexico. Survivors include his wife, of the home; two daughters, Rue McClanahan, New York City, and Melinda McClanahan, Washington, D.C.; four stepdaughters, Debra VanTilBerg, Celina, Ohio, Barbara Berry, Dallas, Carolyn McCabe, Middletown, Ohio, and Jill Philpot, Barboursville, Ky.; a brother, Jess, Wilson; a sister, Wenona Pollard, Delhi, La.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the enrichment foundation of any area school.
  Person ID	I4971	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Jesse Edwin McClanahan,   b. 25 Sep 1875, Schuyler County, Missouri ,   d. 22 Feb 1960  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Fannie Florence Copeland,   b. 2 Feb 1885, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma ,   d. 19 Aug 1975, Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma  (Age 90 years)
  Married	18 Jul 1907  [1]
  	When Jesse asked Fannie's mother for her hand, her mother said: "If it's the Lord's will and Jim don't care, then I don't."
  Family ID	F2644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rhuea Nell Medaris,   b. 11 Jul 1912, Kenefick, Bryan County, Oklahoma ,   d. 16 Nov 1973, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma  (Age 61 years)
  Married	9 Apr 1933  [1]
  Children	1. Eddi-Rue "Rue" McClanahan,   b. 21 Feb 1934, Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma ,   d. 3 Jun 2010, Manhattan, New York County, New York  (Age 76 years)   2. Living
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F2654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jul 1908 - Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico Died - 20 Feb 1999 - Plano, Collin County, Texas Buried - - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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