Finley, William T. (b. 5 Oct 1929 - d. 3 Jun 1973): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1929 - 1973 (43 years)

Name	Finley, William T.
Birth	5 Oct 1929	Beason, Logan County, Illinois
Gender	Male
Reference Number	FINL.W001
_FGRAVE	202440884
Military Service	Korean War, United States Army
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		United States Army
		Korean War (1950-1953)
		Korea
Death	3 Jun 1973	Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
Burial	Harmony Cemetery, Beason, Logan County, Illinois
Person ID	I15893	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	6 Nov 2022

Father	Finley, C. M., b. 3 Jan 1906, Kentucky d. 9 Jun 1995, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois (Age 89 years)
Mother	Lawler, Faye E., b. 30 Mar 1909, Beason, Logan County, Illinois d. 14 Nov 1999, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois (Age 90 years)
Marriage	29 Jan 1929	Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois [1]
Age at Marriage	He was 23 years - She was 19 years and 10 months.
Family ID	F6824	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Shull, Maxine Wilma, b. 23 Nov 1931, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois d. 26 Feb 1977, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois (Age 45 years)

Children

	1. Finley, S.
	2. Finley, T.L.

Family ID F6715 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Jan 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 5 Oct 1929 - Beason, Logan County, Illinois
	Death - 3 Jun 1973 - Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
	Burial - - Harmony Cemetery, Beason, Logan County, Illinois

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Notes

The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 04 Jun 1973, Mon. p. 8:

LINCOLN -- William T. Finley, 43, of 390 Northgate, died at 1:40 a.m. Saturday at his home. He had been under a doctor's care.

Mr. Finley was a contractor in Lincoln.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Wilson R. Forbush officiating. Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Holland and Barry Funeral Home and an hour before services at the church.

He was born October 5, 1929, in Beason, a son of C.M. and Faye Lawler Finley. He married Maxine Shull Jan 14, 1955, in Springfield.

Surviving are his wife; his son, Stuart, and a daughter, Tammy, at home; his parents, Beason; a sister, Mrs. Pat Owen, Morton, and a grandmother, Mrs. Minerva Finley, Beason.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Eagles Lodge. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.

Sources
[S3808] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Finley, Faye E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136373521/faye-e.-finley), none. (Reliability: 2).