Jerry Cadell Clay

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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Jerry Cadell Clay
City: Not Stated
County: Lea
State: New Mexico
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1886
Race: White
Roll: 1711802
DraftBoard: 0
Age: 32
Occupation: Stock farming for self, Tatum, Lea Co. NM
Nearest Relative: Gertie M. Clay, Tatum, Lea Co. NM
Height/Build: Short/Medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: Brown/Brown

Jack Co., TX - Bios: Bryson Family Biography
Jerry Caddell Clay b. 19 Mar 1886
m. Gertrude Bost
1) Son lost at sea during WWII

Obituary
Probably the Lovington, N.M. newspaper
Nov. 29, 1957

Clay Services Saturday 2 P.M.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at the High School Auditorium for Jerry Clay, 74, who passed away at his home in Tatum, Nov. 26.

Mr. Clay died of natural causes enroute from his home in Tatum on Nov. 26. An inquest was held with Otis Bailey, Justice of Peace serving as cororner.

Rev. Rock Newton of Jacksboro, Texas, officiated at the services. Mr. Clay was born March 18, 1885 near Jacksboro, Texas.

His wife preceded him in death on October 30, 1952.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Lyle Coppersmith, Tatum, Mrs. Doyle Henderson, Hobbs, Mrs. Truman Parkinson, Lewiston, Idaho, Mrs. Eula Gonyo, Hollydale, California.

Two sons preceded him in death. Four brothers survive, J. B. Clay, German, Texas; Beryl Clay, Olny, Texas; H. E. Clay, Big Spring, Texas and T. A. Clay, Hart, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Derrick, Mrs. Guy Kemp and Mrs. Alta Baker, and thirteen grandchildren.

Casket bearers are Hap Allen, Jim Allen, L. B. Townsend, Bill Privitt, Perry Cadle and George Hamlin.

Mr. Clay was a member of the primitive Baptist Church. he homesteaded near Tatum 45 years ago. Burial was in the Tatum cemetery.

(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)



(Research):

Census Listings:
(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

1910 census
Borden Co. TX ED 2 Pg. 212B
64/64
Clay, Jerry C., head, MW, 24, M1, 3yrs., Farmer, TX MS TX
Gertie, wife, FW, 21, M1, 3yrs., TX IL US


1920 census
Lea Co. NM ED89 Pg. 245B & 246A
Tatum Prect. 5
Fm/24/24
Clay, Jerry C., head, MW, 33, M, General farm, TX US TX
Minnie G., wife, FW, 31, M, TX NC MS
Mary L., dau., FW, 7, TX TX TX
Fanny B., dau., FW, 4 1/12, NM TX TX
Eula, dau., FW, 2 4/12, NM TX TX
Jerry C., son, MW, 4/12, NM TX TX

1930 census
Lea Co. NM ED 13-5 Pg. 231B
Tatum Prect. 5
92
Clay, Jerry C., head, MW, 44, M, age when first married 20, Farmer, TX TN TX
Gertrude, wife, FW, 42, M, age when first married 18, TX NC MS
Mary, dau., FW, 17, TX TX TX
Fannie, dau., FW, 14, NM TX TX
Eula, dau., FW, 12, NM TX TX
Clyde G., son, MW, 10, NM TX TX
Beryl H., son, MW, 7, NM TX TX
Lillie M., dau., FW, 1 3/13, TX TX TX
Bost, Mary Jane, mother-in-law, FW, 82, Wd., age when first married 23, MS MS AL

Jerry married Minnie Gertrude Bost in Dec 1909 in Texas. Minnie (daughter of Alfred Bost and Mary Jane Adams) was born on 13 Feb 1888 in Texas; died on 30 Oct 1952 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico; was buried in Tatum Cemetery, Tatum, Lea County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary L. Clay was born on 31 Aug 1912 in Texas; died on 16 Dec 2000 in Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico; was buried in Tatum Cemetery, Tatum, Lea County, New Mexico.
2. Fannie B. Clay was born on 29 Oct 1915 in Texas; died in Dec 1997 in Tuscon, Pima County, Arizona.
3. Living
4. Jerry Clyde Clay was born on 11 Sep 1919 in Lea County, New Mexico; died on 12 Oct 1945 in Lost At Sea; was buried in Tatum Cemetery, Tatum, Lea County, New Mexico.
5. Homer Beryl Clay was born on 14 Feb 1923 in Lea County, New Mexico; died on 11 Oct 1933 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas; was buried in Tatum Cemetery, Tatum, Lea County, New Mexico.
6. Living