Hosselton, Leon Cletis

1916 - 2004  (88 years)

• Name	Hosselton, Leon Cletis
  Birth	2 Jul 1916	Zif Township, Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer  [1]
  	In 1943, purchased the first one row corn picker in the area.
  Reference Number	HOSS.L001
  _FGRAVE	18103117
  Funeral	19 Dec 2004	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	15 Dec 2004	Richland Care & Rehab Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Zif Cemetery, Enterprise, Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Hosselton, Wilma and Cletis
  Person ID	I19505	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	HOSSELTON, Earnest R. 'Earnie',   b. 1896, Illinois d. 1960, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Garrison, Elizabeth Ellen,   b. 1898, Illinois d. 1993, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F8807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pierce, Wilma Fern,   b. 27 Sep 1919, Clay County, Illinois d. 19 Jun 2010, St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1939	Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky   [1, 2, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He was 23 years and 4 months - She was 20 years and 2 months.
  Children	1. Hosselton, L.   2. Hosselton, Claren,   b. 9 Jan 1943   d. 9 Dec 2021, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F8134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Jul 1916 - Zif Township, Wayne County, Illinois Marriage - 9 Nov 1939 - Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky Death - 15 Dec 2004 - Richland Care & Rehab Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Funeral - 19 Dec 2004 - Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Zif Cemetery, Enterprise, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He was actively engaged in farming and raising cattle, and during his early farming years, he purchased the first one row corn picker in the area in 1943. He attended the Zif Baptist Church. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. In 1930 his father built a country store, E.R. Hosselton Store, next to their home and Cletis hauled the lumber to frame the store building with a team of horses and wagon. In the spring of 1932, the country store expanded with Cletis driving a regular route throughout the area in a Model T Huckster wagon carrying groceries, feed, fabric and every day needs. He later used a Model A truck, and in 1935 he had a new Chevrolet truck for the Huckster until 1938 when the Huckster ended and he started hauling livestock to East St. Louis Stockyards and returned hauling fertilizer, feed and coal for the country store. He was elected Zif Township Road Commissioner and during his eight year term he built and provided gravel roads for every house in Zif Township. He was director of the Wayne County Soil Conservation Service and was selected Conservation Farmer of the Year in 1967. He was elected a member of the school board of the Clay City High School for 18 years (1952-1970) and also elected a school board member for three years for the Clay City Unit School District, and served on the Advisory Council at Olney Central College. Cletis developed city lots in 1956 on seven acres in Clay City, developing the first Hosselton Addition and in 1969 he developed a four acre tract of adjoining land and subdivided for a second Hosselton Addition. He did carpenter work and built two houses on the first subdivision and helped build several other houses including the home of his sister, a brother and his two sons. Cletis was elected and served as a bank director of the Clay City Banking Co. for 25 years from 1968 to 1993, and he enjoyed and supported the delivery of apples and calendars to various churches and businesses for the bank. He enjoyed driving the bulldozer, road grader, truck and farm tractor and helped his sons during the planting and harvesting seasons. He also enjoyed the winter in Florida with his wife for 20 years, and he will be sadly missed by relatives and friends.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5351] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Hosselton, Cletis, 88, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18103117/leon-cletis-hosselton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4590] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hosselton, Wilma and Cletis, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18103117/leon-cletis-hosselton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4589] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Hosselton, Wilma F, 90, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53891229/wilma-f_-hosselton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2557] Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), Obituary, Gibson, Elaine Joyce, (Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), 31 May 2011), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5353] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hosselton, Ellen and Earnie, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18304121/earnie-r.-hosselton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4591] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Gill, Carrie Ann, 90, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140793759/carrie-ann-gill), none. (Reliability: 2).