Eugene 'Buddy' Looney is buried at New Bethlehem Church Cemetery, with his wife Troye (Sexton) in Horn Lake, DeSoto County, Mississippi.
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"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBP-ZYQ : accessed 2 January 2021), Eugene Looney in household of Hassel Looney, Beat 2, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 2B, line 74, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1144; FHL microfilm 2,340,879.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGC-KSF : 30 May 2020), Eugene Looney in household of Hassell Looney, Beat 2, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-8, sheet 20B, line 64, family 73, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2020.
"Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8BR3-M6N2 : 4 September 2020), Eugene Looney, 21, and Traye Sexton, 19, 2 May 1942; citing Marriage, De Soto, Clarke, Mississippi, United States, 00466, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. Groom's father Hassell Looney. Bride's father Jim Sexton.
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMVL-19M : 5 December 2014), Eugene H Looney, enlisted 29 Dec 1942, Cp Shelby, Mississippi, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG9R-F2Q : 4 December 2020), Eugene Looney, Sep 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Birth date 28 Sep 1920 is inconsistent with all other records found.
Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Eugene H “Buddy” Looney (28 Jul 1923–23 Sep 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #28771517, citing New Bethlehem Church Cemetery, Horn Lake, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by CindyS (contributor 18484625). Includes images of headstone showing full dates of birth and death.
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