MCCLUNG, Gerald O.

MCCLUNG, Gerald O.

Male 1911 - 2001  (89 years)

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  • Name MCCLUNG, Gerald O. 
    Birth 12 Apr 1911  Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 30 Jan 1920  Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Attended School 
    Death 1 Apr 2001  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Gerald O. McClung, 89, of Corsicana passed away Sunday, April 1, 2001 in Corsicana. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Edward A. Baggett officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gary Brown, Leonard Fuller, Les Leskoven, Frank Murchison, Abe Stroud and Susan Wells. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Charles Brown, John Forster, Dennis Smart and Pete Walton. Mr. McClung was born April 12, 1911 in Corsicana to Dr. and Mrs. John Edward McClung. His grandfather, Thomas Cyrus White, was the first white child born in Navarro County and Mr. McClung's great-grandfather, R.N. White, was the first county clerk of Navarro County as well as Corsicana's first postmaster. Mr. McClung attended both Baylor University and the University of Texas studying electrical engineering. On June 20, 1937 he married Elizabeth Park. In 1934, he completed his first solo flight and later became one of the civilian flight instructors at the Corsicana Air Field. Several items belonging to him are now on display at the museum at the Corsicana Municipal Airport. Following the war, he worked for the Bethlehem Steel engineering department in both Corsicana and Tulsa, Okla. Returning to Corsicana in 1951, he was involved in farming until his retirement in the early 1970s. He was an avid fisherman and loved to raise flowers and plants. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Elizabeth Park McClung on Dec. 5, 2000; and brother, John Edmond McClung Jr. Mr. McClung is survived by a son, John E. McClung
    Burial Aft 1 Apr 2001  Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I2808  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2007 

    Father MCCLUNG, Dr. John Edmund,   b. 5 Mar 1875, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1953, Navarro County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother WHITE, Jewel E.,   b. Jun 1879, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1902  Navarro County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 15 Apr 1910  Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Physician / Dentist 
    Residence 30 Jan 1920  Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Physician in private practice 
    Family ID F866  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PARK, Elizabeth   d. 5 Dec 2000 
    Marriage 20 Jun 1937  [4
    Family ID F867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Corsicana Ward 3, Navarro, TX ED 147 Page 7A Dwelling 147.

    2. [S79] Gravestone, Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro, TX.

    3. [S74] Ancestry.com, Corsicana, Navarro, TX ED 83 Page 12A Dwelling 233.

    4. [S114] Miscellaneous, From the obituary of Gerald O. McClung.