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Clinton, 1 year old


Clinton on left, with Esther (background), Earl, and Oscar Flint
Oscar Flint, Clinton Lundy, Earl, and Esther Flint


Marriage License 1st marriage to Margaret Jennings
Marriage License 2nd marriage to Rema Madeline Lewis
March 1945, Germany
April 1945, Germany
Separation from Army 12 May 1946 Notice of separation lists place of employment and lists Joseph as married with one dependent.
Honorable Discharge 12 May 1946



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4 months old

Joseph Clinton Lundy
Born: 5 Jan 1914, Vinita, OK
Died: 21 Sept 1977, Liberal, KS
Interred: Park Cemetery, Carthage, MO

April 1945, somewhere in Germany

Zelma Zelia Zink Elliott Lundy
Born: 22 Sept 1917, St. Clair, MO
Died: 7 May 2002, Carthage, MO
Interred: Park Cemetery, Carthage, MO

Lee, Zelma, Clint, Sue, Jack, and Dean, 1965

Clint was first married quite young, like right out of school, divorced, then married Madeline Lewis (Mercer?) of Fort Worth. When Clint married Madeline, she had a daughter named Joan or Joanne. Madelaine’s family was big in the trucking business in Fort Worth. Clint may have been driving for them. In the 50s, they moved to Miami and Clint helped in the funeral business at Lundy-Morton Funeral Home, but Madeline didn’t care for Miami and eventually returned to Texas. They separated, but Clint didn't divorce her until 1958 after meeting Zelma.

Zelma met him in 1954 or so, or at least brought him home that year. She'd been widowed in 1952 and Lee and I were told that her step father wasn't good to her and she'd never remarry without our permission. What power she gave us!! I remember standing behind her and peeking out at his guy and him smiling at me that night.

They got pretty serious pretty quickly and though he hadn't lived with his wife since 1945 he hadn't bothered with a divorce either. As their relationship deepened, the new factory owners that had built Smith and Loveless beside our service station told Mom if she knew a truck driver with his own truck they could keep him busy. Mom co-signed for a loan for Daddy to get his first truck then worried about what she'd done. She was an astute businesswoman and second guessed herself about cosigning for this man. The next year Smith and Loveless told him if he'd buy another truck and hire a driver they had the work. When he sold out in 1970 to buy into Best Western motels with his brothers Lloyd and Bob, he had 10 trucks.

Clint was a Mason, then a Shriner in the Abdullah motor patrol. He was unfailingly kind and generous and just a wonderful person, as were all the Lundys. I remember meeting his Mother May Herrod Lundy just before her husband died and from that time forward was treated like one of her grandchildren. When I married she lived in Vinita and we lived in Neosho and Jack and I would go over sometimes on his day off to see her but seldom caught her at home. She came to spend a night or two with us while I was pregnant with Dean and taught me to make gravy and was thrilled to do it.

Daddy put Lee through years of college, raised me as his own and loved our children. He was almost afraid of the tiny babies, but once they could smile and play, talk and walk, he was theirs. He was one of the best men I ever knew and in all the years I had him, I only saw him mad once - he spilled an entire gallon of paint and I laughed.....he suggested to Mom who was also laughing that we should leave.

	Joseph Clinton Lundy
	Married: Zelma Zelia Zink Elliott Date: 7 Aug 1958, Miami, OK					Arlen Lee Elliott (adopted)
	Joseph Clinton Lundy, late 1950s or early 1960s					Married: Dian Sosoya Date: 1963

						Married: Julie Wooldridge Date: 31 Dec 1966


						Married: Nancy Radford Date:

						Sue Ann Elliott (adopted)
						Married: Jack DeWayne Vandergriff Date: 23 Nov 1963