Vernon Russell Smith
(1921-2015)
Hilda Arloa Shawman
(1925-2012)
MIchael Vernon Smith
(1943-1995)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Gloria Jean Beacher

MIchael Vernon Smith 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 24 Mar 1943, Columbus, Muscogee, GA 6 7 8
  • Marriage (1): Gloria Jean Beacher in 1970 1
  • Died: 1 May 1995, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA at age 52 1 6 7 8

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-GQN.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1950 in La Grange, Troup, GA. 9 The 1950 census recorded at 603 Hill Street: Winard B. King, 44, retail furniture proprietor, living with wife Maude S., 43; son Winard B. King Jr., 14; son Kenneth L. King, 11; and son V. Michael King, 6. The parents were born in Alabama, Winard Jr. in Iowa, and Michael and Kenneth in Georgia.

2. Moved: 1990, Redlands, San Bernardino, CA. 8

3. Residence: on 1 May 1995 in Redlands, San Bernardino, CA. 8

4. Alt. Name: Michael Vernon King: name at time of death, on 1 May 1995, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA.

5. Obituary: San Bernardino County Sun on 3 May 1995 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. 8 Michael Vernon King
Plumber
Michael Vernon King, 52, of Redlands died Monday of a heart attack at home. King, a native of Georgia, lived in Redlands five years. He worked as a self-employed plumber.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria; three daughters, Michelle of Redlands, Tina and Virginia Colemen, both of New Jersey; his mother, Mildred of Pennsylvania; and three grandchildren.
Services will be private.


MIchael married Gloria Jean Beacher, daughter of Alfred Robert Beacher and Doris Jean Mortzfeldt, in 1970.1 (Gloria Jean Beacher was born on 3 Nov 1947 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD,1 10 11 died on 3 Apr 2005 in Cape May Court House, Cape May, NJ 1 10 11 and was buried on 8 Apr 2005 in Cape May: Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cape May, NJ 3 11.)


Sources


1 Records of Michelle Smith Crawford, Email from Michelle Crawford August 2015.

2 Beacher, Bruce Franklin, Beau-Chere, The Beacher Family Newsletter, Issue 1 Sep 1978.

3 The Press (Atlantic City, NJ), 6 Apr 2005, obituary of Gloria J. King.

4 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 15 Apr 2015, obituary of Alred R. Beacher.

5 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 2 Oct 1974, page 41. Obituary of Anita L. Freeburger.

6 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBB7-JNL Michael V King, 01 May 1995.

7 FamilySearch.org, California Death Index, 1905-1939 (Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,048), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPF4-XC6 : Michael Vernon King, 01 May 1995; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

8 San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.), 3 May 1995, page 28.

9 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F77-LWN8 Winard B. King.

10 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), SSN 534720154 Gloria Jean Beacher, aka Gloria Jean Smith aka Gloria Jean King b. 3 Nov 1947 d. 3 Apr 2005.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29999302.



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