Gaither Wheeler McQueen

Gaither married Mary Elizabeth Smith on 29 Mar 1908 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel G. Taylor Smith and Mary Ann Smith) was born in Dec 1869 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 28 Mar 1965 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lillie married Walter Preston McCloud on 3 Dec 1927 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Walter (son of William Isaac McCloud and Mary Ellen Pierce) was born on 28 Apr 1903 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Nov 1995 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Lee Glenn Vines about 1945. Lee was born on 6 May 1918; died on 31 Dec 2007; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Miles Edgar McCloud, 91, Elizabethton, passed away Monday, November 15, 2021, at Johnson City Medical Center. He was born September 13, 1930 to the late Walter P. and Lillie Oliveen McQueen McCloud. He had lived a number of years in Elizabethton.
Miles served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a retired Millwright.
Miles loved to hunt and fish. He was a member of Hunter First Baptist Church but attended Lynn Valley Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Ellen Vines and Hannah Lou Blevins; a brother, Tom McCloud; and a sister-in-law, Phyllis Nave.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Joan Fletcher McCloud; a brother, Lanton McCloud, Sumter, S.C.; three sisters, Rachel Phipps, Elizabethton, Linda Jo Hall, Pontiac, Mich., and Anglee White, Gray, Tenn.; a special nephew, Keith Grindstaff; and several other nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 18, in the Mountain Home National Cemetery (New Annex – 215 Heroes Drive, Mountain Home) with the Rev. Dennis Wilson officiating. Military Honors will be provided by the Veterans Honor Guard DAV 39, Bluff City. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Thursday, will be Buddy Blankenship, Lou Phipps, Paul White, Keith Grindstaff, Adam Grindstaff, Jason Grindstaff, Ray Ward and Tom Stetler.

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Nathaniel “Tom” McCloud, 88, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 in the James H. Quillen Va. Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Walter P. & Lillie Oliveen McQueen McCloud. Tom served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict where he was an Ex Pow for 33 months. He was a retired Manager of the Pizza Inn, Johnson City. Tom was affectionately known as the “fruit cake man”. He has dedicated the latter part of his life to baking and selling fruit cakes as a way to raise money for the building project of Unaka Baptist Church where he was a member and Ordained Deacon. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years: Billie Jean Shankles McCloud, who passed away January 28, 2005, by two sisters: Mary Ellen Vines and Hanna Lou Blevins and several sisters & brothers-in-laws; and his special friend Joe Williams.
Survivors include his Sons & Daughters-in-Law; Mike & Sabrina McCloud and Donald & Bonnie McCloud all of Elizabethton. Two Grandchildren: Victoria McCloud and Hayden McCloud, Two Great Grandchildren: Kenneth McCloud and Kynslee Fletcher, Two Step-Grandchildren: Nathan (Morgan) Lescarbeau and Candace (Larry) Streeper, Two Great Step-Grandchildren: Markida & Chace Streeper, two step-great great grandchildren: Riley and Serenity Tate. Two Brothers: Miles (Joan) McCloud, Elizabethton and Lanton McCloud, of South Carolina. Three Sisters: Rachael (James) Phipps, Elizabethton, Linda Jo (Jim) Hall of Michigan and Angelee (Paul) White of Gray, several nieces and nephews.
Private Graveside Services will be held in the Mountain Home National Cemetery (New Section), Johnson City, Tennessee.

Nathaniel married Billie Jean Shankle about 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Billie (daughter of Clyde Shankle and Florence Ellis) was born on 15 Dec 1932 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 28 Jan 2005 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]