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Billie Dale Ezell

Billie Dale Ezell[1]

Male 1924 - 2015  (90 years)

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  • Name Billie Dale Ezell 
    Born 24 Jun 1924  Summers, Washington County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 May 2015  Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried 27 May 2015  Weddington, Washington County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I28383  Family
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2016 

    Father Claude Elmer Ezell,   b. 20 Jan 1897, Savoy, Washington County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1977, Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Edna Catherine Wassum,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 21 Feb 1917  Washington County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Edna and Claude were married by J. F. McCuistion, Minister of the Gospel.
    Ezell-Wassum Marriage, 1917
    Ezell-Wassum Marriage, 1917
    Photos
    Ezell-Wassum Marriage, 1917
    Ezell-Wassum Marriage, 1917
    Family ID F11943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Theda Faye Cawthon 
    Married 22 Jun 1946 
    Children 
     1. Richard Dale Ezell
     2. Michael Lloyd Ezell
    Last Modified 30 May 2024 
    Family ID F9680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 May 2015 - Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 27 May 2015 - Weddington, Washington County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1731] Ezell, Richard Fred, 1-399.
      Richard is the ggreat grandson of Thomas Carlisle McCuistion.

    2. [S3755] 1940 Census for Washington County, Arkansas, 72-17; p. 9A, line 23; family 170; C. Elmer Ezell; 19 July 2016.
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Illinois, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: T627_179; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 72-17

    3. [S2927] Find a Grave, 19 July 2016; Billie Dale Ezell.
      Billie Dale "Dale" Ezell
      Birth: Jun. 24, 1924
      Washington County
      Arkansas, USA
      Death: May 22, 2015
      Fayetteville
      Washington County
      Arkansas, USA
      Billie Dale Ezell, 90, of Siloam Springs (Weddington), died Friday, May 22, 2015, at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
      He was born June 24, 1924, in Summers, the son of Claude Elmer Ezell and Edna Catherine Wassum, and raised by a loving stepmother, Ada Jean Willis Ezell. He married Theda Cawthon on June 22, 1946, and was a retired dairy farmer on a farm which has been in the family since the 1860's.
      Dale served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, flying 32 missions over Germany and Occupied Europe, including 2 over Omaha Beach on D-Day. For his service he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters, and, specifically for his service on D-Day, the French Legion of Honor Medal.
      He was active as a Mason for 49 years in Key Lodge No. 7 in Siloam Springs, having been a Past Master and Lodge Secretary for 22 years, a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite KCCH and Past Patron several times of Siloam Springs Order of theEastern Star .
      Survivors include his wife, Theda Faye Cawthon Ezell of the home; two sons, Richard Dale Ezell and husband John Michael Morgan of Atlanta, Ga., and Michael Lloyd Ezell and wife Holly Anne Millsap Ezell of Spring, Tex., and Weddington; three sisters-in-law, Helen Lucille Slaten Ezell of Farmington, Anna Elizabeth Brandon of Summers, and Julie Margrett Burdick Ezell of Anaheim, Calif.; four grandchildren, Stephania Anne Ezell Abell and husband Charles Dana Abell of Norman, Okla., Christopher Dale Ezell and wife Penny Celeste Stewart Ezell of Fayetteville, Nathan Michael Ezell of Austin, Tex., and Rachel Anne Ezell and husband Michael Travers O'Keefe of Duxbury, Mass.; six great-grandchildren, Zachary Hayden Abell and Benjamin Orin Abell of Norman, Okla., Katherine Elizabeth Ezell and Alexander Dale Ezell of Fayetteville, and Alden Ezell O'Keefe and Harold Dale O'Keefe of Duxbury, Mass.; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.
      Visitation will be held at the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
      Services will be at 10:00am, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at Weddington Baptist Church, with interment at Weddington Cemetery.
       Burial:
      Weddington Cemetery
      Weddington
      Washington County
      Arkansas, USA
      Created by: Glenita Randolph Guthrie
      Record added: May 25, 2015
      Find A Grave Memorial# 146980939

    4. [S3756] Arkansas State Marriages, 1845 - 1941, Ezell-Wassum Marriage, 1917; 21 February 1917.