Eckelberry, Earl Bryan

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• Reference Number: ECKE.E001
• Funeral: 22 Mar 2004, Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, West Virginia

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Earl Bryan Eckelberry, 41

Earl Bryan Eckelberry, 41, died March 19, 2004 due to an automobile accident.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 22, 2004 at Leavitt Funeral Home in Parkersburg, WV. Pastors Joe Ward and Bill Dulaney will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Brandon and Blake's college fund, courtesy of Dave Miller, Primerica Financial Services, 2814 Camden Avenue, Parkersburg, WV 26101.

Mr. Eckelberry was born in St. Croix Falls, WI, son of Dale F. and Marjorie S. (Payne) Eckelberry.

He worked at Ames True Temper since 1994 and was a member of the Blennerhassett Bass Club. He was a Yeoman in the United States Navy.

Survivors include his parents; wife Michele Eckelberry of Danville; sons Brandon Earl and Blake Edwards Eckelberry of Danville; maternal grandparents Earl and Doris Payne of Clay City; mother and father-in-law Edward Earl and Nancy Davis of Davisville; and many other family members.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Eldoris Bryan and Mildred Marie Eckelberry

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

1. Eckelberry, B.E.
2. Eckelberry, B.E.

D.F. married Payne, M.S. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: PAYN.C001
• _FGRAVE: 32226392
• Funeral: Clay City First Baptist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois
• Military Service: World War II, Staff Sergeant, Headquarters and Service Battery, 612th Field Artillery Battalion (75mm Pack Howitzer), United States Army

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Carmon Earl Payne, 87, of Clay City, died at 6:44 a.m. Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at his residence.

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Saturday at Clay City Baptist Church. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church with Rev. Brad Harris officiating. Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery with full military rites performed by Clay City veterans. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Payne was born April 17, 1921, in Clay City, the son of Abner and Lillie Mae (Yauch) Payne. He married Doris Coulter on October 30, 1940.

He worked for Gulf Oil Company and later Pure Oil Company. He also owned and operated the Phillips 66 station in Clay City for many years. He worked for the Village of Clay City as superintendent of utilities for 28 years. In his retirement, Earl enjoyed camping, golfing, hunting and fishing. He was an avid sports fan. He was a member of Clay City Baptist Church, where he served as Deacon. He was also a U.S. Army veteran, a member of American Legion, and past member of Clay City Lions Club.

Mr. Payne is survived by his wife, Doris Payne, of Clay City; daughter, Marjorie Eckel and her husband, Dale, of Davisville, W.V.; son, Gary Payne and his wife, Jane, of Kinmundy; grandchildren, Matthew, Zachary and Krystal; step-grandchildren, Danielle, April and Kandi; great-grandchildren, Brandon and Blake; and step-great-grandchildren, Sierra and Victoria.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister; two brothers; and one grandson, Bryan Eckelberry.

Memorials may be made to Clay City Baptist Church.

Published Olney Daily Mail.

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on August 5, 1943 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Selected for the Field Artillery, completed basic training, and qualified as a Scout, military occupational specialty 761. Departed the Continental U.S. on July 16, 1944 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Headquarters and Service Battery, 612th Field Artillery Battalion (a 75mm Pack Howitzer Unit) operating in the China-Burma-India Theater. Participated in the Burma, Chiina, Central Burma and India-Burma Campaigns. Earned the Bronze Star Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four bronze battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant on December 12, 1945 at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois.

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: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2008985

Buried:
Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery with full military rites performed by Clay City veterans. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City is in charge of arrangements.


Lot 13 - Franklin - Row D - Sp. 3

Carmon married Coulter, Doris Marie on 30 Oct 1940. Doris (daughter of Coulter, Pearl C. and Shipman, Susie Francis) was born on 28 Oct 1922 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 13 Jan 2020 in Twin Willows Nursing Center, Salem, Marion County, Illinois; was buried on 17 Jan 2020 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: COUL.D001
• _FGRAVE: 206239734
• Funeral: 17 Jan 2020, Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

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Doris Marie Payne, 97, of Clay City, passed away at 1:00 PM on Monday, January 13, 2020 at the Twin Willows Nursing Center in Salem, IL.

Doris was born on October 28, 1922 in Clay City, the daughter of Pearl and Susie (Shipman) Coulter.

She married Carmon Earl Payne on October 30, 1940 and he preceded her in death on December 16, 2008.

Doris is survived by her daughter, Marjorie Sue (Dale) Eckelberry of Flora; son, Gary (Jane) Payne of Kinmundy; grandchildren, Matt (Deborah) Payne, Zack (Maria) Payne, Krysta (Michael) Crapps, Danielle (Lonnie) McElwain, April (Ryan) Adkins, Kandi (Jay) Bubonic; 11 great grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Robert “Bob” Coulter; sister, Deloris Mae; grandson, Bryan Eckelberry; and granddaughter, Kelly Ann Eckelberry.

Doris was a member of the Clay City Baptist Church. She worked at the Clay County Hospital for many years. She also worked at the AMF Manufacturing plant in Olney for many years. She loved flowers, her grandchildren, and always had a smile for everyone. For the last several years she has resided at the Twin Willows Nursing Center in Salem.

Memorials may be made to the staff at Twin Willows Nursing Center, with checks written in care of Cathy Marble.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Clay City with a visitation beginning one hour prior. Burial will follow in Clay City Cemetery.

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• Occupation: Farm Laborer, Railroad Carpenter's Helper
• Reference Number: PAYN.A001
• _FGRAVE: 34745480

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According to 1940 Census, Abner had a 3rd grade education.

Abner married Yauch, Lillie Mae on 20 May 1901 in Richland County, Illinois. Lillie (daughter of Jauch, Jacob and Hasler, Margaret 'Margret') was born on 6 Feb 1884 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois; died on 1 Mar 1942; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: YAUC.L002
• _FGRAVE: 34745494

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• Occupation: Oil field pumper
• Reference Number: COUL.P001
• _FGRAVE: 18363989
• Funeral: 6 Dec 1988, Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Pearl married Shipman, Susie Francis. Susie (daughter of Shipman, George C. and Bostwick, Laura F.) was born in 1904; died on 27 Dec 1972; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: SHIP.S001
• _FGRAVE: 18363987