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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1918 - 2015 (97 years)
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| Name |
Clayton, Julius Lee |
| Birth |
20 Jan 1918 |
Caswell County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
1322 |
| Death |
2 Dec 2015 |
North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I1310 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Father |
Clayton, George Lee, b. 12 Mar 1891, Person County, North Carolina d. 12 Jan 1956, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 64 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Moorefield, Leona, b. 16 Mar 1895, Person County, North Carolina d. 27 Oct 1940, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 45 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
14 Feb 1914 |
Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
11366 |
| Family ID |
F275 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
McDowell, Anne, b. 10 Feb 1932, Danville, Virginia d. 12 Oct 2009, Danville, Virginia (Age 77 years) |
| Reference Number |
600910 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F753 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Julius Lee Clayton (1918-2015)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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Third Photograph: Yanceyville high school boys basketball team was recently declared Caswell County champions, completing its county schedule without a defeat. Members of the team are (left-to-right):
Front Row: ____ Howard; Julius Clayton; Kenon Chandler; Pemberton Slade
Second Row: Herman Moore; Herman Vernon; Bob Fowlkes
Back Row: Buck Moore; W. D. Fulcher
Fulcher, William Dow Jr.
Moore, Graham Woodrow (Buck)
Fowlkes, Robert Ross
Vernon, Herman Elwood
Slade, Pemberton Harrison
Chandler, Robert Kennon
Clayton, Julius Lee
Moore, George Herman
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Mr. Julius Lee Clayton, 97, of 3724 Shady Grove Road, Providence, N.C. went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 2, 2015, after being in declining health for the past three weeks. Mr. Clayton was born in the Leasburg Community of Caswell County on January 20, 1918, a son to the late George Lee Clayton and Leona Moorefield Clayton. He had lived his entire life in Caswell County where he had retired from the Caswell County School System. Mr. Clayton had taught school and served as Principal for Cobb, Dillard, and Bartlett Yancey Elementary Schools for 34 years. He was a member of Shady Grove United Methodist Church where he had taught Sunday school and was a choir member. He was a member of the United Methodist Men Group, and a member of the Cobb Ruritan Club. Mr. Clayton served stateside during World War II as a pilot for U.S. Air Force.
On June 29, 1949 he married Anne McDowell Clayton who died on October 12, 2009. Mr. Clayton is survived by one son, Bruce M. Clayton and wife, Stephanie, of Yanceyville, N.C.; two daughters, Lee Anne C. Johnson and husband, Steve, and Julie C. Underwood and husband, Kenneth, all of Providence, N.C.; and two sisters, Geneva C. Williamson of Yanceyville, N.C., and Helen C. Somers of Reidsville, N.C. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Stuart Clayton and wife, Lesley, Jeremy Johnson, Clayton Johnson and wife, Jordan, and Katie Underwood; and one great-grandchild, Matthew Clayton. He was predeceased by his wife; one brother, Elwood Clayton; and two sisters, Ercell C. Satterfield and Leona C. Cobb.
The family would like to thank Mr. Clayton's caregivers, Dorothy Galloway, Brenda Winn, Edna Miller, Carol Foster, and Barbara Hovatter James, and a special thank you to Paul and Tillie Underwood and Mary Beth Wright. Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 3 p.m. from the Shady Grove United Methodist Church by the Reverend James Kim and the Reverend Butch Huffman. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 6:30 until 8 p.m. at the church and at other times they will be at the residence, 3724 Shady Grove Road, Providence, NC 27315. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, that memorial donations be made to the Shady Grove United Methodist Church, 1781 Shady Grove Road, Providence, NC 27315. Wrenn-Yeatts Yanceyville Chapel is respectfully serving the Clayton family. Online condolences may be made at www.wrenn-yeatts.com.
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North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000
Name: Julius Lee Clayton
Gender: Male
Race: White
Event Type: Delayed Birth
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1918
Birth County: Catawba [Caswell]
Parent1 Name: George Lee Clayton
Parent2 Name: Leona Moorefield Clayton
Roll Number: NCVR_B_C021_68003
Volume: 1
Page: 31
World War II Service Record
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Source: Service Record Book of Men and Women of Yanceyville, N.C., and Community, Sponsored by the V.F.W. Post No. 7316 (1947-1949).
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