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William "Bill" Edwin McClanahan

Male 1908 - 1999  (90 years)


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  • Name William "Bill" Edwin McClanahan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Nickname Bill 
    Birth 4 Jul 1908  Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Feb 1999  Plano, Collin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Burial Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1960 (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Fannie Florence Copeland,   b. 2 Feb 1885, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1975, Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1973, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 9 Apr 1933  [1
    Children 
     1. Eddi-Rue "Rue" McClanahan,   b. 21 Feb 1934, Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 2010, Manhattan, New York County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F2654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Jul 1908 - Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Feb 1999 - Plano, Collin County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S468] Williams, Cova Jean Hurst--Family Researcher (GEDCOM file).

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 23758239 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Healdton, Carter, Oklahoma; Roll: T627_3281; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 10-24. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Oklahoma, Carter County, Hewitt Twp Enumerated 19 Jan 1920 SD 3 D 54 Sheet 24B 524-529 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).