EASLEY, Gale H. (1901 - 1971): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1901 - 1971 (70 years)

Name	EASLEY, Gale H.
Birth	28 Feb 1901	Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Occupation	Embalmer [3]
Reference Number	EASL.G002
_FGRAVE	18350299
Death	3 Jul 1971	O'Fallon, St. Clair County, Illinois [1, 5, 6]
Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [1]
		Headstone, Easley, Doris H. and Gale H. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
Person ID	I18592	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	17 Jan 2023

Father	Easley, Elmer Elsworth, b. 21 Sep 1871, Illinois d. 28 Aug 1948 (Age 76 years)
Mother	Hutchinson, Mary Ethel, b. 6 Jun 1877, Illinois d. 30 Nov 1956 (Age 79 years)
Marriage	Y [3, 4, 5, 7]
Family ID	F8373	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family BONES, Doris H., b. 5 Aug 1912, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 6 Aug 2000, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois (Age 88 years)

Marriage 1933 [2, 6]

Age at Marriage He : ~ 31 years and 10 months - She : ~ 20 years and 4 months.

Children

	1. EASLEY, Gerald T. d. 15 Dec 2022, Asante Three Rivers Medical Center, Oregon
+	2. EASLEY, Carolyn Gail, b. 27 Oct 1933, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 15 Oct 2011, Gowin Parc, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois (Age 77 years)

Family ID F8375 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Jan 2023

Notes

Gale H. Easley, 70, of Clay City, former owner of the Easley Funeral Home in Clay City and Noble, and the Easley Furniture Store in Clay City, passed away suddenly Saturday evening at OFallon.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Clay City Chapel of the Cardascio-Easley
Funeral Home at Clay City, with burial in the Clay City Cemetery.

He was born Feb. 28, 1901 at Dix.

Surviving is his wife, the former Doris Bones; a son, Gerald of Las Vegas, Nev.; a daughter, Mrs. Don (Carolyn) McKee of Charleston; two brothers, Glenn of Clay City and Elmer Jr. of San Angelo, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Nell Shannon and Mrs. Alfred (Cathryn) Peters, both of Clay
City, and Mrs. Fred (Georgia) Lindall of Clarksville, Ark.; and two grandchildren.

He was associated with his father, the late Elmer Easley, from 1930 to 1946 in operation of the Easley Furniture Store in Clay City and the Easley Funeral Homes in Noble and Clay City. From
1946 to 1968 he was associated in the businesses with J. L. Padgett. In 1968 Mr. Easley sold the furniture store but continued with the funeral homes until 1970 when he retired.

He was a member of the Clay City Grade School Board of Education for 21 years. He was also a member of Clay City Lodge 488 AF&AM, and the Flora Elks Lodge.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, July, 971.

Sources

[S4867] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Easley, Doris H. and Gale H., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18350292/doris-h-easley), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S4761] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 22, page 11a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as).
[S674] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 04, page 2b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 23, page 12a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4300174_00630?pid=14757672&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll) (Reliability: 2).
[S4864] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Peters, Cathryn L., 100, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=1801&GScid=105163&GRid=18083516&), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S4868] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Easley, Doris H., 88, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18350292/doris-h-easley), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S3999] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 24, page 12a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3).