Clyde Graham,Jr. Poston

1916 - 2003  (87 years)

• Name	Clyde Graham,Jr. Poston
  Born	28 Jan 1916	Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  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.
  Died	1 Jul 2003	Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Obituary	3 Jul 2003
  	Shelby Star
  	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.
  Person ID	I1275	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Clyde Graham Poston,   b. 2 Dec 1888, Cleveland County, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Aug 1964, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Thornton Weathers,   b. 23 Oct 1886, Cleveland County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 May 1922, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 35 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruby Lee Warren
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	+ 1. Clyde Richard "Pd" Poston + 2. Anita Poston
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 28 Jan 1916 - Cleveland County, North Carolina Cemetery - - Cleveland Memorial Park, Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth