Clyde Graham,Jr. Poston

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• Cemetery: Cleveland Memorial Park, Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
• Military Service: World War II, serving in the Pacific Theatre with occupying forces in Japan.
• Obituary: 3 Jul 2003; Shelby Star

Notes:

Obituary:

SHELBY Mr. Clyde Graham Poston Jr., 87, of 1872 S. Lafayette St., died Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Born Jan. 28, 1916, in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Clyde G. Poston Sr. and Thornton Weathers Poston. He retired from the North Carolina State Department of Transportation as traffic services supervisor for 44 years. He was a member of Zoar Baptist Church. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Pacific Theatre with occupying forces in Japan.

He was a trustee of Zoar Baptist Church, charter member of N.C. State Employees Association since 1946, longtime member of Post 82 of the American Legion, actively retired and employed by the Cleveland County Fair Association, worked as a special deputy sheriff with the Cleveland County Sheriffs Department, deputized by the late Sheriff Haywood Allen, honorary member of the Bell South Mens Breakfast Club and honorary member of the N.C. Sheriffs Association.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Lee Warren Poston; a sister, Edna Poston Glover; a brother, Claude Arey Poston; a daughter-in-law, Carol Griffith Poston; and one half brother.

He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Richard Dick and Amelia Poston of Shelby; a daughter and son-in-law, Anita and Dean Kiser of Shelby; a sister, Annie Poston Wylie of Boiling Springs; a sister-in-law, Jeannette Jennings Poston of Shelby; five half brothers; one half sister; grandchildren, Chris Kiser, Leanne Hartman and her husband, Jason, Lara Kiser, Matthew Raines and Katie Raines, all of Shelby; great-grandchildren, Caroline Hartman and Chase Hartman; special friend and caregiver, Dezzie Warren; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Zoar Baptist Church with Dr. Marvin Gobble and the Rev. Reed Jones officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service. Entombment will be in Cleveland Memorial Park Mausoleum.

The family will receive friends today from 5 to 8 at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home and at other times at the home of Anita and Dean Kiser, 130 Delmar Road, Shelby.

Memorials may be made to the building fund of Zoar Baptist Church, 1740 S. Lafayette St., Shelby, NC 28152; or to Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150.

Family/Spouse: Ruby Lee Warren. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clyde Richard "Pd" Poston
2. Anita Poston

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• Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

Clyde married Thornton Weathers. Thornton was born on 23 Oct 1886 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 27 May 1922 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

Daniel married Eugenia Hogue on 29 Nov 1885 in Zoar Baptist Church, Cleveland County, NC. Eugenia was born on 19 Oct 1867; died on 22 Jan 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Wilson Cemetery, Peach St., Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

Notes:

James moved to the Wilson plantation sometime after marrying Tom Wilson's daughter, Sarah. He managed the Hotel at Wilson Springs after the death of Thomas Wilson.

Cemetery:
Sadly his monument is missing. There is a monument at Elizabeth Baptist Church that gives the location of his burial place.

James married Sarah Wilson on 4 Oct 1847. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth Love) was born on 18 Oct 1823 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 22 Jun 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC