WILMOT YANCY “BILL” MCCAIN, JR.
AAFA #0089
1918 LA – 1991 LA
MONROE MORNING
WORLD
Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, LA—Sunday, 6 February 1944
THE ADVOCATE
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Monday, 4 November
1991
McCain Jr., Wilmot Y. “Bill”—Died 1:30 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 1, 1991, at Rapides General Hospital, Alexandria. He was 72, a
native of Montgomery, former resident of Baton Rouge and resident of
Alexandria. He was a real estate broker and U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Graveside services at Roselawn Memorial Park at
11 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. John Robson.
Survived by wife, Vivian Waddell McCain,
Alexandria; a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia McCain Kruger and DeWayne
Kruger, Oriska, N.D.; a sister and brother-in-law, Mary “Bebe” and Lea Johnson,
Baton Rouge; a granddaughter and grandson, Jennifer and Christopher Kruger; and
a great-grandson, Che Person; all of Oriska, N.D.
Preceded in death by father, Wilmot McCain Sr.;
and mother, Leita McCain Stacey.
He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of
Alexandria, a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner.
Pallbearers will be Lea Johnson Jr., Michael
Crespo, Allen Zittrauer, Jack Armstrong, Thomas Day and G.A. Wolcott.
Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., in
charge of local arrangements.
Photo
from Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge
Parish, LA—www.findagrave.com
Permission
granted by the photographer, Mary Agnes Hammett
AAFA
NOTES: SSDI records show that Wilmot Y. McCain (SS# issued in LA)
was born 24 November 1918.
We included the obituaries of his mother, Leita
Alford Mccain Stacey; and paternal grandfather, Joseph Henry Alford, in
Louisiana Obituaries.
His middle name is from his Find A Grave
memorial.
1920 Census
Montgomery (District 25), Grant Parish, Louisiana
Dwelling #38
Next door are Wilmot’s father and step-mother, Jno. I. and
Lena McCain (dwelling #37)
Wilmot McCain head 26 LA AL LA bank
cashier
Leta wife 20 LA
LA LA public school teacher
Wilmot Jr. son 1-1/12 LA LA LA
+a servant and a boarder
1930 Census
Montgomery (District 212, Grant Parish, Louisiana
Dwelling #43
Wilmot McCain head 37 LA AL LA automobile
agency manager
age
26 at first marriage
Leita wife 30 LA
AL LA automobile agency bookkeeper
age
18 at first marriage
Wilmot Jr. son 11 LA LA
LA
Mary E. dau 9 LA LA
LA
From:
MONROE MORNING WORLD
Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA—Sunday, 6 February 1944
[Article omits details about the other 5 men. Photo above
accompanied this article.]
From:
MORNING ADVOCATE
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Saturday, 21 July
1945
His lineage, from his mother: Leita 1899 LA2,
John Henry 1873 LA3, Ira Payne 1822 MS4, Edwin Barksdale
1792 NC5, Jacob 1761 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James
1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
