Clyde Ray Carter^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1923 - 2020  (96 years)

• Name	Clyde Ray Carter
  Born	18 Oct 1923	Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jul 2020	Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [5]
  Person ID	I20562	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of William Walters
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2021

  
  

  DNA Tests	1 person has linked a DNA test to Clyde Ray Carter
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	Y-DNA-	Living	R1b - 08 [R-Z273]

  
  

  Father	Claude Daniel Carter,   b. 1 Oct 1901, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Oct 1972, Danville, Virginia  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Mae Echols,   b. 26 Apr 1904, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Aug 1953, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 49 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1944	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F7640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Eleanor Calderon/Caldarone,   b. 1922, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 26 Aug 1994, Tennessee  (Age 72 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1922	Danville, Virginia
  	Date of Ceremony
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2021
  Family ID	F7651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Marriage Record carter-caldronr.jpg
  		World War II Young American Patriots 1941-1945 (Clyde Ray Carter) craycarter.jpg
  		Ruth Caldron Carter-Obit The Daily News Journal Aug 27, 1994

  
  

  Histories		Clyde Ray Carter-Promoted Overseas The Danville Bee Sep 4, 1945
  		Clyde Ray Carter-6th Birthday Party The Danville Bee Oct 21, 1929

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] Draft Registration Card, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=YMDraftCardsWWII&h=10428481&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=9279. Name: Clyde Ray Carter Race: White Age: 19 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Danville, Virginia Birth Date: 18 Oct 1923 Residence Place: Danville, Virginia Registration Date: 1942 Employer: Va Trailways Weight: 135 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Height: 5' 5" Next of Kin: Gertrude M Carter [S65] Military Record, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8941/VA1-0106?pid=23089&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3DWWIIpatriots%26h%3D23089%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D9279&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. [S170] Family Tree DNA, https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/carter/about/results. 0 Spencer Carter b 1776 VA d 10 July 1861 Pittsylvania Co VA + Verlinda Lucas b abt 1788 Halifax Co VA; m 18 Dec 1804 Halifax Co VA d Apr 1850 Pittsylvania Co VA 1 Richard E. Carter b abt 1805 Halifax Co VA d 11 Jun 1877 Halifax Co VA + Mary Elizabeth Sheppard b 1813 Halifax Co VA; m 12 Oct 1830 Halifax Co VA d 28 Oct 1863 Halifax Co VA 2 Phillip Vass Carter b 15 Oct 1845 Halifax Co VA d 12 Jun 1920 Pittsylvania Co VA + Margaret Woody b 1851 Virginia; m abt 1871 d bef 1910 3 William 'Willie' Vass Carter b 07 Nov 1872 VA d 04 Sep 1929 Pittsylvania Co VA + Sallie Lou Collie b 09 Apr 1870; m 31 Jan 1892 Caswell Co NC d 30 Sep 1932 Pittsylvania Co VA 4 Claude Daniel Carter b 01 Oct 1901 VA d 21 Oct 1972 Danville, Pittsylvania Co VA + Gertrude Mae Echols b 26 Apr 1904 Pittsylvania Co VA; m 30 Nov 1922 Pittsylvania Co VA d 16 Aug 1953 Danville, Pittsylvania Co VA 5 Clyde Ray Carter - Private + Ruth Eleanor Caldron - Private 6 Paul Daniel Carter - Private Note: *Headstone marker shows 13 Oct 1845 birth date for P. V. Carter. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137403219/claude-daniel-carter. Claude Daniel Carter Birth 1 Oct 1901 Death 21 Oct 1972 (aged 71) Burial Highland Burial Park Danville, Virginia Clyde m. 2nd Jessie Mae Lewis essie Mae Lewis Carter Birth 7 Oct 1918 Pittsylvania County, Virginia Death 13 Sep 2005 (aged 86) Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina Burial: Danville Memorial Gardens Danville, Danville City, Virginia Jesse Mae Lewis, d/o Jeremiah M. Lewis and Bessie Virginia Ferguson. [S42] Obituary, https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=3120ae9360&view=lg&permmsgid=msg-f:1701048677037198508. C. Ray Carter Sr. 10/18/1923 - 07/29/2020 C. Ray Carter Sr., 96, of Sebring, Fla., and formerly Lynchburg, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at his home in Florida. He was the husband of the late Ruth Calderon Carter. Born on October 18, 1923, in Danville, Va., he was a son of the late Claude Daniel and Gertrude Mae Echols Carter. He was educated at George Washington High School in Danville and the University of Richmond. He was a United States Army veteran during World War II seeing action in the Philippine's and New Guinea. He was first employed with Remington Rand in Lynchburg and later was founder and president of C. Ray Carter, Co also in Lynchburg. He is survived by two sons, Clyde Ray Carter Jr. and his wife, Maryann, of Forest and Paul Daniel Carter of Carrboro, N.C.; one grandson, Clyde Ray Carter III and his wife, Barbara, of Forest, Va.; one great-grandson, Michael Vincent Carter and his fiancé, Danielle Tiffany; and his special friend and caretaker, Darlene Bartel of Florida. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Virginia Memorial Park with the Rev. Dwight Weaver officiating. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post-16. Memorial contributions may be made to American Legion-Post 16, 1301 Greenview Dr., Lynchburg, VA 24502.