McVay, Lyndal Odessie 'Lyn' (1938 - 2019): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1938 - 2019 (81 years)

Name	McVay, Lyndal Odessie 'Lyn'
Birth	1 Feb 1938	Shamrock, Creek County, Oklahoma [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Reference Number	MCVA.L002
_FGRAVE	203328937
Death	23 Sep 2019	Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas [1]
Person ID	I30634	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	3 Jan 2024

Father	McVay, Fred J., b. 11 Dec 1899, Ohio d. 7 May 1962 (Age 62 years)
Mother	Christy, Minnie O., b. 10 Aug 1902 d. 9 Mar 1971, St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 68 years)
Family ID	F12865	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Stanley, Dale Ray, b. 1 Mar 1936, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa d. 20 Jan 2009, Washington County, Arkansas (Age 72 years)
Family ID	F12868	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Lyn was a lifelong educator, a published novelist, a poet, the first Clay County Illinois Fair queen and a staunch defender of the English language. She waged many battles against subject/verb disagreement, awkward sentence structure and the use of the wretched word aint. She taught for over 30 years in the Flora school district; the majority being at Xenia Grade school teaching language arts. She also served for several years as the president of the local teachers union.
Lyn spent her summers tutoring students and writing short stories. She spent her retirement teaching and loving her grandchildren, starting and participating in book clubs and writing novels. During her retirement she wrote several novels, one of which, Nell, can be found at amazon.com.

[S9236] Frank & Bright Funeral Homs, Obituary, Stanley, Lyndal "Lyn" Odessie, (http://www.frankandbright.com/obituaries/obit/896/), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S2949] http://www.findagrave.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 23, page 11b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).