Clark Ira Brinkley (1898 - 1958)

Born 25 Jan 1898 in Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi, United States

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Died 2 Aug 1958 at age 60 in Humboldt, California, United States

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Funeral services for Clark I. (Will) Brinkley will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Goble's Fortuna Mortuary. The Rev. F. W. Hopkins will officiate. Interment will follow in the Rohnerville Masonic cemetery.

Published in the Eureka Humboldt Standard on August 5, 1958 ____________________________________

Name: Clark Ira Brinkley Gender: Male Birth Date: 25 Jan 1898 Birth Place: Texas Death Date: 2 Aug 1958 Death Place: Humboldt Mother's Maiden Name: Wofford Father's Surname: Brinkley

Will was the son of Edna A. Wofford and Robert Brinkley; brother of Annie Irene, Ina Lee, Evalina, Myrtle E., Lucy V., Charles Bryan, James Clyde, Sybil, Lola, Glenna and Ruth Brinkley.

Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 6, Coryell, Texas Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 6, Coryell, Texas

Will was a veteran of World War I, enlisting on May 22, 1917. He served in the U.S. Army with the Battery C, 7th Division, 80th Field Artillery. He was honorably discharged on July 1, 1919.

By 1920, Clark was living in Escondido, San Diego County, CA. He was working as a hired hand on the Roy L. Stevens farm.

SOURCE: ancestry.com - California Death Index - Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 - U.S. Federal Census  https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=170117846

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