Laird, Raleigh Edwin

1919 - 1990  (70 years)

• Name	Laird, Raleigh Edwin
  Birth	12 Jun 1919	Enterprise, Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Carpenter
  Reference Number	LAIR.U001
  _FGRAVE	66693318
  Funeral	Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	18 Feb 1990	Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  	Raleigh Laird, 70, Clay City, died Sunday, February 18, 1990 at 7:08 p.m. at Clay County Hospital in Flora
  Burial	Laird Cemetery, Enterprise, Wayne County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Laird, Raleigh E.
  Person ID	I6128	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Laird, Rea,   b. 14 Aug 1886   d. 29 Jul 1963 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	McCormick, Mamie Glen,   b. 11 Sep 1891, Wayne County, Illinois d. 2 Apr 1965 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F3335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Brummett, Ellen Marguerite,   b. 30 Dec 1923, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 22 Oct 2013, Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1940	Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky   [4]
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 7 months - She : 16 years and 1 month.
  Children	+ 1. Laird, Shirley > 2. Laird, Jerry C. > 3. Laird, Tammy Ranee > 4. Laird, Peggy + 5. Laird, Larry E. 'LL',   b. 21 Jun 1941, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 5 Dec 2022, Chebanse, Illinois (Age 81 years) + 6. Laird, Kirby Joe,   b. 4 Feb 1950, Wayne County, Illinois d. 1 Jun 1979, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F3334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Franklin, Wilma Ann,   b. 15 Jul 1933, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 31 Dec 2012, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1963  [1, 3, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 43 years and 6 months - She : ~ 29 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F3328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jun 1919 - Enterprise, Wayne County, Illinois Funeral - - Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 9 Jan 1940 - Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky Death - 18 Feb 1990 - Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Laird Cemetery, Enterprise, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Raleigh Laird, 70, Clay City, died Sunday, February 18, 1990 at 7:08 p.m. at Clay County Hospital in Flora. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Laird Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday (tonight) 6-8 p.m. at Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City. Mr. Laird was born June 12, 1919 in Enterprise, the son of Rea and Mamie (McCormick) Laird. He married Wilma Franklin Wyatt in 1963. She survives in Clay City. He was a carpenter. Survivors include two sons, Larry Laird of Kankakee, Jerry Laird of Clearwater, Fla.; a step-son, Ed Wyatt of Clay City; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley Shelton of Clay City, Tammy Ranee Martin of Clay City, Peggy Higgins of Mt. Carmel; a step-daughter, Deborah Moore of Clay City; one brother, Bill Laird of Cisne; three sisters, Pauline Wells of Cisne, Faye Engelmeier of Flora, Lois Shadline of Baltimore, Md.; 12 grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, two brothers, and one sister. Published in Olney Daily Mail

  
  

• Sources

  [S2285] http://www.findagrve.com, Obituary, Laird, Raleigh E., 70, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66693318/raleigh-edwin-laird), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2286] https://www.findagrve.com, Headstone, Laird, Raleigh E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66693318/raleigh-edwin-laird), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2273] http://www.findagrve.com, Obituary, Laird, Wilma Ann, 79, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102890975/wilma-ann-laird), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3992] https://www.findagrve.com, Obituary, Sparr, Ellen Marguerite, 89, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119216221/ellen-marguerite-sparr), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2275] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Hilderbrand, Mildred P., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119007587/mildred-p-white), none. (Reliability: 2).