Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

Compiled by Carl Wayne Gray

Etchason, William Alvin 'Bill'

Etchason, William Alvin 'Bill'

Male 1926 - 2003  (76 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Etchason, William Alvin 'Bill'Etchason, William Alvin 'Bill' was born on 12 Sep 1926 (son of Etchason, Isaac Walter 'Ike' and Smith, Maude Lola); died on 3 Jan 2003; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: ETCH.W001
    • _FGRAVE: 19421119
    • Military Service: World War II, Fireman Class, USS, Caloosahatchee, First United States Navy

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    Inducted on December 23, 1944. after attending basic training and engineering service school he was assigned to the USS Caloosahatchee AO-98. this ship was a tanker in the service force of the Atlantic fleet that transported oil and refueled ships at sea. operations from the Gulf of Mexico to Iceland and Greenland in the north Atlantic in the American theater of operations. he was honorably discharged as a Fireman 1st class and returned home on July 4, 1946.

    (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)

    Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=914878

    Family/Spouse: Hawkins, M.E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Etchason, Isaac Walter 'Ike' was born on 16 Feb 1881 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 27 Jan 1956 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: ETCH.I001
    • _FGRAVE: 15885815

    Isaac married Smith, Maude Lola. Maude was born on 6 Jul 1887 in Clay County, Illinois; died in 071819651965 in Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Smith, Maude Lola was born on 6 Jul 1887 in Clay County, Illinois; died in 071819651965 in Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: SMIT.M053
    • _FGRAVE: 15885785

    Children:
    1. Etchason, Irma Vance was born in 1909; died in 1995.
    2. Etchason, Cletis F. was born in 1912; died in 1999.
    3. Etchason, Jesse Leland was born in 1915; died in 2003.
    4. Etchason, Leland 'Ike' was born on 12 Jun 1915; died on 25 Nov 2003; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
    5. Etchason, Leslie Edgar 'Ike' was born on 17 Nov 1918 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 7 Dec 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; was buried in USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
    6. Etchason, Leroy Ivan was born in 1923; died in 1925.
    7. 1. Etchason, William Alvin 'Bill' was born on 12 Sep 1926; died on 3 Jan 2003; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.



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