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NOTE: I only do transcribing and helping people with genealogical research. I have nothing to do with the cemetery, so if you are looking
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Cecil Thomas Cloyd
Permission granted on 11/24/2019 from Katrina Cloyd Wenger, katrinawenger@yahoo.com , Granddaughter to use her information about her grandfather.
"My grandfather, Cecil Thomas Cloyd, Sr., born Sept 30, 1896 to Perry Rial Cloyd
and Margaret Zillah Young Cloyd in Belleview, Texas. He was married to Inita
Lucille Finch in May 1932 and had on child, a son, Cecil Thomas Cloyd, Jr., in
May of 1933. They were divorced about 3 years later. He was in the Argonne
Forest in France during WWI. He saved his own life by using the gas mask from a
dead soldier when they were gassed. In 1942 Cecil "Monkey" joined the Merchant
Marine ..."
According to the attached newspaper clipping, he joined the Merchant Marine in
the spring of 1942 after being rejected by the other Armed Services.
Siblings: Edna Alice, Nancy Ann, Raymond Ryal, Jane Zillah
Children
1933–2012
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Gina Hefferman - TX State CoordinatorAssistant State Coordinators: Jane
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Freeman and Laura
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