Lonnie CHRISTIAN

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CENSUS RECORDS

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Lonnie Christian
Age: 1 year 9 months
Birth Year: abt 1919 [abt 1918]
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Rock Lick, Buchanan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Perry Christian
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Mary Christian
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Louie Christin [Lonnie Christian]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1918
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Knox, Buchanan, Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Perry Christian
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Mary Christian
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

MILITARY RECORDS

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Lonnie Christian
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: West Virginia
County or City: McDowell

Enlistment Date: 4 Apr 1942
Enlistment State: West Virginia
Enlistment City: Huntington
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private

Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled occupations in fabrication of metal products, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69in
Weight: 144lbs

OBITUARY

Pocono Record; 28 Jun 2006

Lonnie Christian, 88, of East Stroudsburg, passed away on Saturday, July 15, at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg. He was the husband of the late Lucy Marie Perry Christian, who passed away in 1993.

Born on Feb. 2, 1918, in Blackey, Va., he was the son of the late Perry and Mary Blankenship Christian.

He was a member of the Christian Life Assembly of God in Stroudsburg.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army as a military policeman. He served in the European Theater and North Africa.

He worked at a sawmill in Avondale, W.Va., as a laborer from 1936 to 1941, then worked for the Island Creek Coal Company as a coal miner for 18 years.

He relocated his family to Pennsylvania in 1965, where he then worked at Cramers Home Center in East Stroudsburg for 27 years, retiring in 1992.

He enjoyed golfing, hunting and fishing but, most of all, loved spending time with his family. He was a kind and loving father and grandfather, and will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Taylor, Clarence and Berlin Christian.

He is survived by three daughters, Patricia A. Sexton of East Stroudsburg, Mary Margaret Cereghino and her husband, Robert, of Stroudsburg, and Judith G. Stout and her husband, John, of Stroudsburg; a son, Lonnie S. Christian Sr. and his wife, Rebecca, of East Stroudsburg; a sister, Celia McCoy of Dade City, Fla.; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, July 17, at the Lanterman and Allen Funeral Home, 27 Washington St., East Stroudsburg. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., on Tuesday, July 18, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Prospect Cemetery in East Stroudsburg.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Paralyzed Veterans of America 801 Eighteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20006-3517.

Birth:
Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Lonnie Christian
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1918
Address: 70 Smith St, East Stroudsburg, PA, 18301

Buried:
Grave location, tombstone photo, portrait, and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=christian&GSiman=1&GScid=45832&GRid=106295152&

Died:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Lonnie Christian
Last Residence: 18301 East Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania
BORN: 2 Feb 1918
Died: 15 Jul 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)

Lonnie married Lucy Marie Perry. Lucy was born 1929, Pikeville, Pike Co. KY; died Dec 1993, East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co. PA; was buried , Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co. PA. [Group Sheet]

Patricia married Sexton. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Robert Cereghino. [Group Sheet]

Judith married John Stout. [Group Sheet]