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Sterling Ray Lane 1919–1971 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Nov 1919

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 9 Aug 1971

Death Location: Lemay, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Father: Louis Lane

Mother: Nora Melton

Spouse(s): Mary Williams

Children(s): Sharon Lane, Randall Lane, Donald Lane, Wendell Lane

Sterling Ray Lane was born in 1919 in Tennessee, the child of Louis William Lou Lane And Nora Melton. Sterling Ray Lane married Mary Geneva Williams, and had children including Donald Ray Joe Lane, Randall Ray Lane, Sharon Loree Lane, Wendell Sterling Lane. Sterling Ray Lane passed away in 1971 in Lemay, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Sterling Ray Lane was born in 1919 in Tennessee, the child of Louis William Lou Lane And Nora Melton.
  • Sterling Ray Lane married Mary Geneva Williams, and had children including Donald Ray Joe Lane, Randall Ray Lane, Sharon Loree Lane, Wendell Sterling Lane.
  • Sterling Ray Lane passed away in 1971 in Lemay, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Louis Lane
1883–1927
Birth Location: Stewart Co, Tennessee
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Nora Melton
1889–1963
Birth Location: Standing Rock, Tennessee, USA
NM

Spouses(s)

Mary Williams
1924–2008
Birth Location: Hill City, Camas, Idaho, USA
MW

Children(s)

Sharon Lane
1949–1962
Birth Location: Richland, Benton, Washington, USA
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Randall Lane
1947–1998
Birth Location: Richland,Benton Co. Washington
RL
Donald Lane
1946–1946
Birth Location: Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
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Wendell Lane
1943–2013
Birth Location: Stribling, Stewart, TN
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Sterling Lane's Ancestors

Self
Sterling Lane
1919–1971
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
Louis William (Lou) Lane
1883–1927
Stewart Co, Tennessee
Nora Melton
1889–1963
Standing Rock, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
John (A) Lane
1839–1920
Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Jennie (C) Gansner
1848–1931
Missouri
Great-Grandparents
George GANSNER
1812–1889
Ursula FLUTSCH
1812–1887
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Gansner
1778–1829
Luzia Aliesch
1785–

Sterling Lane's Descendants

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Sterling (Ray) Lane (19 Nov 1919–9 Aug 1971) m. Mary (Geneva) Williams (2 Feb 1924–30 Apr 2008)
  1. 1. Sharon (Loree) Lane 1949–1962
  2. 2. Randall (Ray) Lane 1947–1998
  3. 3. Donald (Ray (Joe)) Lane 1946–1946
  4. 4. Wendell (Sterling) Lane 1943–2013

Sterling Lane's Timeline

2 Records

1919
19 Nov 1919
Birth of Sterling Ray Lane in Tennessee
Tennessee
1971
9 Aug 1971
Age 52
Death of Sterling Ray Lane in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Nov 1919
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Aug 1971
    Event Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lemay, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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