Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies
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Pearce, Gennell Fern
1924 - 2000 (76 years)-
Name Pearce, Gennell Fern Birth 8 Jan 1924 Clay County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Reference Number PEAR.G004 _FGRAVE 18363786 Military Service World War II, Store Keeper First Class, WAVES, United States Navy [2, 4] - Enlisted and entered active service on February 24, 1944. Completed basic training at the Naval Training Center, Women's Reserve (WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), Bronx, New York, At Hunter College, and specialized as a Storekeeper. Assigned to and served at the Naval Barracks, Washington, D.C. honorably discharged as a Storekeeper First Class on August 5, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Unit, Washington, D.C. earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
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=2282340
World War II Honoree, Pearce, Gennell Fern (1924-2000) 
Military Service Ribbons, Pearce, Gennell Fern (1924-2000)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
American Campaign Medal, United States 
American Campaign Medal, United States Military United States Navy 
United States Navy United States Navy Enlisted Rates 
World War II Victory Medal, United States Military World War II
(1939-1945)
United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…World War II Victory Medal, United States Military Death 21 May 2000 Olney Care Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois [1, 2] Burial Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [2] 
Headstone, Doris, Gennell and Frank A.
Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
Headstone, Doris, Gennell F.
Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
Person ID I24587 Carl Wayne Gray Research Last Modified 23 May 2023
Father Pearce, Lynn A., b. 22 Nov 1894 d. Dec 1983 (Age 89 years) Mother Staley, Leora, b. 26 Oct 1896 d. 15 Jun 1990 (Age 93 years) Marriage 19 Sep 1915 Harmony Methodist Church, Flora, Clay County, Illinois [3, 5] Family ID F10704 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Doris, Frank A., b. 28 Apr 1925 d. 27 May 1967 (Age 42 years) Marriage 17 May 1947 Flora, Clay County, Illinois [1, 2, 6, 7] Children + 1. Doris, R. 2. Doris, M. 3. Doris, D. Family ID F10708 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Enlisted and entered active service on February 24, 1944. Completed basic training at the Naval Training Center, Women's Reserve (WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), Bronx, New York, At Hunter College, and specialized as a Storekeeper. Assigned to and served at the Naval Barracks, Washington, D.C. honorably discharged as a Storekeeper First Class on August 5, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Unit, Washington, D.C. earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
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Event Map 
Birth - 8 Jan 1924 - Clay County, Illinois 
Marriage - 17 May 1947 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois 
Death - 21 May 2000 - Olney Care Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois 
Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Gennelle F. Doris, 76, of Clay City, died May 21, 2000, at the Olney Care Center in Olney, IL.
Mrs. Doris was born January 8, 1942, in Clay County, the daughter of Lynn and Leora Staley Pearce. She married Frank Doris May 17, 1947 in Flora and he preceded her in death May 27, 1967.
She was a member of the American Legion Post #840 and American Legion Auxiliary of Clay City.
Survivors include three sons, Rodney, Mark, and Donald Doris; a brother, Trevor Pearce; a sister, Juanita Crackel; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, husband and two sisters.
Graveside services were held at the Clay City Cemetery with full military rites.
Summers-Kistler Funeral Home was in charge.
Memorials to the American Cnacer Society.
(Published Hometown Journal)
- Gennelle F. Doris, 76, of Clay City, died May 21, 2000, at the Olney Care Center in Olney, IL.
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Sources - [S6774] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Doris, Gennell F., 76, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18363786), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S6775] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Doris, Gennell and Frank A., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=641&GScid=105163&GRid=18363786&CScn=Clay+City&CScntry=4&CSst=16&), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S1477] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 07, page 3b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).
- [S6169] World War II Honoree, Gennell Fern Pearce, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2282340) (Reliability: 2).
- [S6768] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pearce, Lynn A. and Leora, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pearce&GSiman=1&GScid=105786&GRid=20917138&), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S6773] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Grayson, Gleneva, 69, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26562392), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S6778] Hometown Journal (Flora, Illinois), Newspaper Article "Trooper Frank Doris", (Hometown Journal (Flora, Illinois), 13 May 2008) (Reliability: 2).
- [S6774] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Doris, Gennell F., 76, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18363786), none. (Reliability: 2).