Merry Susan RAY MCLAUGHLIN

Bud 31 Dec 1944 - 11 Jan 2018 obituary
Merry 22 Oct 1949 - 29 Dec 2003 obituary

Marriage:
Calvin
1) Merry Susan (Ray) McLaughlin 26 Apr 1969 Taylor, Texas
2) Rebecca Lou Winburne McLaughlin 14 Apr 2007 recorded Lawrence County, Arkansas Book PP-184

Merry Susan (Ray) McLaughlin the daughter of Herman Hilton Ray and Etta Mae (Cowser) Ray. Calvin “Bud” Eugene McLaughlin the son of Calvin McLaughlin and Anna Lorene (Smith) McLaughlin.

Calvin "Bud" McLaughlin
December 31, 1944 - January 11, 2018

Calvin “Bud” Eugene McLaughlin, 73, of Hot Springs passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018 at National Park Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born December 31, 1944 to Calvin and Anna Smith McLaughlin in Black Rock. He married Rebecca Winburne on April 14, 2007 at Black Rock.

He served twenty-six years in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam war where he was crew chief on C130’s and retired from Jacksonville Air Force base as Master Sergeant. After retiring from the Air Force, Bud worked at John Deere for sixteen years in Damascus. He returned to his hometown of Black Rock where he served as mayor for four years. His hobbies included motorcycle riding, fishing, and building outdoor furniture. He attended United Faith Methodist Church in Hot Springs. There are many people who come into the world that make it a better place and Bud was the best of them. His capacity of love was unending.

He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Merry Susan McLaughlin, to whom he was married for thirty-five years; infant son, Marcus Ray McLaughlin; sisters, Calverine Hill and Marian Francis McLaughlin.

Survivors include his wife, Rebecca McLaughlin of Hot Springs; children, Robert Eugene McLaughlin and family of Saratoga, Texas, Kerry Bay and family of Dayton, Texas, Tracetta Hodges and family of Mt. Vernon, Stacey McLaughlin and family of Paragould, Calvin Eugene “Buddy” McLaughlin II of Black Rock, Charles Williams and Family of Conway, Chad Williams of North Little Rock, Glenn Watkins, Jr. and family of San Diego, California, Leslie Nutt and family of Hot Springs, and Sam Witherow and family of Little Rock; sisters, Jackie Baldridge, Caroline Hester, both of Black Rock; fifteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one soon to be grandson, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Obituary provided courtesy of Cox Funeral Home Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas posted 16 Jan 2018.© Copyright 2012-18 Cox Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.cox-fearsfuneralhome.com/obituary/calvin-mclaughlin


Also, that of his first wife
Merry Susan (Ray) McLaughlin

ROMANCE -- Merry Susan McLaughlin, 54, of Romance died Monday, Dec. 29, at the Central Arkansas Hospital in Searcy. Born at Odessa, Texas, she was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Calvin Eugene McLaughlin of the home; two daughters, Tracetta Stiller of Mount Vernon and Stacey McLaughlin of the home; one son, Calvin Eugene McLaughlin II of Romance; two brothers, Frank Ray of Paris, Texas, and Don Ray of Austin, Texas; a sister, JoAnn Palmer of El Cajon, Calif.; and four grandchildren, Jason Stiller II, Jacob Eugene Stiller, Marcus Calvin McLaughlin and Calvin Eugene McLaughlin III.

She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant son.

Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Oak Forest Cemetery in Black Rock, under the direction of Powell Funeral Home of Searcy.

Obituary provided courtesy of The Jonesboro Sun archives Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas posted 31 Dec 2003.

Contributed on 5/13/10 by catrichey37
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