Eli Whitfield McClendon

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Eli Whitfield McClendon

Birth
Angelina County, Texas, USA
Death
16 Jul 1965 (aged 58)
Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas, USA
Burial
Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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CHILDREN:
BILLIE JEAN McCLENDON REYNOLDS
EDWARD GLENN McCLENDON
MARGARET ALICE McCLENDON REESE
Eli was a logger in Angelina Co., TX. He worked on a pipeline in Missouri during the 1940s. After breaking his leg in 1962, he and his wife opened a small country store on Hwy. 59 (across from where Wal-Mart now sits). He died of lung cancer. He wanted to live to see his first great-grandchild. James Micheal Goodwin was born July 15, Eli died July 16. The hospital made special arrangements for the baby to go to Eli's room in Woodland Heights.
CHILDREN:
BILLIE JEAN McCLENDON REYNOLDS
EDWARD GLENN McCLENDON
MARGARET ALICE McCLENDON REESE
Eli was a logger in Angelina Co., TX. He worked on a pipeline in Missouri during the 1940s. After breaking his leg in 1962, he and his wife opened a small country store on Hwy. 59 (across from where Wal-Mart now sits). He died of lung cancer. He wanted to live to see his first great-grandchild. James Micheal Goodwin was born July 15, Eli died July 16. The hospital made special arrangements for the baby to go to Eli's room in Woodland Heights.