Thomas Marin "Jerry" Cloud
1916 - 1988 (71 years)-
Name Thomas Marin "Jerry" Cloud Born Oct 31, 1916 Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA 
[1] Gender Male Social Security Number 444-10-0744 - Name: Tommy Marin Cloud
[Thomas M Cloud]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: Oct. 31, 1916
Birth Place: Konawa, Oklahoma
Death Date: Jan. 28, 1988
Father: Jake W Cloud
Mother: Mary E Seybold
SSN: 444-10-0744
Notes:
Feb 1936: Name listed as TOMMY MARIN CLOUD
Feb. 26, 1988: Name listed as THOMAS M CLOUD
Died Jan 28, 1988 Austin, Travis county, Texas, USA [2] Notes - He was named for his Uncle Tom. His brother J.W. remembered "Jerry" coming to visit from Oklahoma City, when he was 7 or 8 years old, driving a 1931 or 1932 4-door convertible and taking him for a ride. He said they were impressed that Jerry always wore a suit and a tie when he came to visit.
He ran away from home when he was about 15 -- supposedly because he got a whipping for swimming in the Canadian River outside Konawa. His dad thought it was too dangerous. He went to Oklahoma City to live with his sister, Hazel, and finished high school there. He worked for Mrs. Vaughn at her grocery store.. May 12, 2000 Hazel said, for his first job, he got a job playing his guitar in a dance hall for five dollars a night. She said he always loved his guitar. He drove a cab there and worked as an accountant. He later lived with a lady named Mrs. Yoakum (Yoacum?) who owned a grocery store (the Star Food Market) and a used car lot. He delivered groceries for her on his bicycle. Mrs. Yoakum also had a daughter. (Gloria later said their names were Loma Putnam and son Ted -- or perhaps Ted married Loma Putnam.)
On July 17, 1940, he enlisted in the First Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, to serve in WW-II. He went to Port Arthur to study Radio at Port Arthur College so he could be a radio operator. That's where he met Gloria Whittington. He was transferred to El Paso and she took the train there to marry him. He was shipped to the Pacific and served in the Philippines for two years. During that time, his eldest son was born. He served as an electrician and then as the driver, radio operator and valet for several officers, including General I.P. (Innes) Swift.
When he returned, he took a job as an accountant in Dallas and had a terrible asthma attack and, in August, 1946, moved back to Oklahoma City for relief from it. He sought out Mrs. Yoakum, rented an apartment from her, and he and her son, Ted Yoakum, drove cabs. She also owned a used car lot and Tom sold the Pontiac his wife Gloria loved and bought a Nash Rambler from her to use as a cab. He took a position as engineer of a radio station in Tucumcari, New Mexico and then at Jefferson Chemical Company in Port Arthur and retired from there. (Mrs. Yoakum died 1939, so she could not be the person Gloria remembers, perhaps Mrs. Vaughn.)
He loved the guitar, his children remembering him getting up early every morning to study music and to play the guitar. He later taught guitar in his home for over ten years. He loved to play music, cards and golf with his friends.
His Army Separation Record notes that he was a Tec4, and entered active service July 17, 1940. His permanent address was given as 3725 34th Street, Port Arthur, Texas (his in-laws). Highest grade completed, 12th, at Central High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, graduating in 1934. His Service Education was "Signal Corps; Radio Operator" and "USAFI; Radio, Elect.Tg." He had previously worked four years at the Star Food Market in Oklahoma City. His Military Specialty is listed as "4 years, Tec4, Radio Opr High Speed, code 777". His date of separation was July 11, 1945 at Fort Bliss, signed by Capt. Claude C. Dove.
His Honorable Discharge Certificate gives his height as 5' 6" and his weight as 127 lbs. His Military History as: Date of entry into active service: July 17, 1940 at Fort Logan, Colo. Home address at time of entry: "Fen Del Pushmataha Okla" (this is probably "Gen. Del."). Military occupational specialty listed as Radio Operator High Speed 777. Military qualifications: "Sharpshooter (Machine Gun) Dec 3, 1942". Battles and Campaigns: "New Guinea, Bismarck-Archipelago, Southern Philippine and Luzon Campaigns". Decorations and Citations: "Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon (2 Bronze Stars), Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon (4 Bronze Stars)".
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Obituary:
Thomas Marin Cloud, beloved husband of Gloria, and father of Thomas, James, and John Cloud, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Thursday, January 28, at 71 years of age.
He has ten grandchildren, Bobby, Talitha, John, Luke, David, Daniel, Kelly, Nikki, Matthew, and Jillian. He is also survived by five brothers and two sisters, Bill, Dick, and J.W. Cloud, Lillian Napier and Hazel Brown in California, Charlie Cloud in Oregon, and Fred Cloud In Georgia.
Born October 31, 1916, In Konawa, Oklahoma, he served four years during World War II in the 1st calvary Division, as radio operator and as driver and aide for General Innis P. Swift In New Guinea, Blsmarck Archipelago, Southern Philliplnes and Luzon. He received the Phillippine Liberation Ribbon with two bronze stars, the Asiatic-Pacific campaign medal with four bronze stars, the Good Conduct medal, and the American Defense medal.
He was a resident of Austin for 39 years, and was a member of Great Hills BaptiSt Church (formerly Allandale Baptist). He worked for Jefferson Chemical (Texaco) from 1948 until retiring In 1981, and was an accomplished jazz guitarist who taught guitar lessons for 17 years.
The service will be conducted January 30, 1988 at Colonial Chapel, Cook-Walden Funeral Home with interment in Capital Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: sons Thomas, James and John; grandson Robert and sons-in-law Marcus and Richard Whittington. Dr. Harold O'Chester of Great Hills Baptist Church will officiate.
Services are pending at Cook Walden Funeral Home.
Austin American Statesman
Person ID I1188 mykindred Last Modified Aug 18, 2023
Father Jake Washington Cloud, b. Jul 04, 1880, Milam county, Texas, USA , d. Nov 24, 1968, Gustine, Merced county, California, USA (Age 88 years) Mother Elizabeth Delilah (?Mary Elizabeth?) "Lizzie" Seybold, b. Oct 13, 1883, Corsicana, Navarro county, Texas, USA , d. Sep 10, 1965, Newman, Stanislaus county, California, USA (Age 81 years) Married Sep 14, 1902 Center, Pontotoc county, Indian Territory, USA [3, 4, 5]
The town of Picket is where Center used to be. Marriage license, recorded in Ada, OK, F-529-1360 lists name as Lizzie Seybolt (18) and Jake Claud (22). The actual license has the "No. 1959" written on it. Lists both their addresses as Center, I.T. US Court -- Southern District Records file number F-205-240.
Notes - Dardenelle and Aunt Hazel (August and September, 1997) said that grandpa Bill was a cotton gin man, that Jake worked in the gin for him and that grandpa Bill had hired servants. Jake met Lizzie while she was working in his house.
Aunt Hazel said (11-4-1997) that "dad said Center was no place to raise kids and moved six miles to River Bend just across the river from Ada". They lived there for a few years, dad working with machinery in a cotton gin, and then moved on to Konawa, about 1909, because dad wanted a country life with his family.
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1900 census, I.T., Chickasaw Nation, ed 130, 3-A, June 2, HH 45
CLOUD, William, head, W, M, Aug 1850, 49, m 19 yrs, AL, unk, unk, ginner & miller
CLOUD, Margaret, wife, W, F, Jan 1863, 37, m 19 yrs, 6/3 children, TX, AL, AL
CLOUD, Jasper, son, Sept 1874, 25, TX, AL, TX, salesman
CLOUD, Thomas, son, Oct 1876, 23, TX, AL, TX, day laborer
CLOUD, Jacob, son, July 1879, 20, TX, AL, TS, day laborer
CLOUD, Mary, dau, July 1880, 19, TX, AL, TX
CLOUD, John, son, Feb 1895, 15, IT, AL, TX
CLOUD, Alice, dau, Feb 1887, 13, IT, AL, TX
JOHNSON, Myrtle, servant, W, F, Feb 1881, 19, MO, unk, unk, servant
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1907 Oklahoma statehood census, Konawa township, Seminole county
CLOUD, Jake, head, white male, 28
CLOUD, Lizzie, wife, W, F, 23
CLOUD, Lillian, dau, W, F, 4
CLOUD, Hazel, dau, W, F, 2
CLOUD, Elmor, son, W, M, 10/12
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On the 1910 Seminole county, Konawa Township census, Jake (28) and Lizzie (28) Cloud are living with their children Lillian (7), Hazel (5), Elmo (4), and William L. (1-6/12). They are living next door to Lizzie's sister, Cora Vitura and Sam Harrison and one homestead away from another sister, Lena G. and Alexander Stubbs.
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1910 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, ed 184, 14-A, (T624-1274, 104)
May 3, 1910, HH 252/253
CLOUD, Jake, head, M, W, 28, m1 7 yrs, TX, TX, TX
CLOUD, Lizzie, wife, F, W, 28, m1 7 yrs, 4/4 children, TX, IL, IL
CLOUD, Lillian, dau, 7, OK
CLOUD, Hazel, dau, 5, OK
CLOUD, Elmo, son, 4, OK
CLOUD, William L, son, 4-6/12, OK
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1920 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, ed 248, 1-B, (T625-1471, 133)
Jan 3, 1920, HH 14/14
CLAWD, J.W., head, M, W, 40, TX, TX, TX
CLAWD, Elizabeath, wife, F, W, 38, TX, IL, IL
CLAWD, Lillian R, dau, 16, OK
CLAWD, Hazel G, dau, 14, OK
CLAWD, Elmo, son, 12, OK
CLAWD, Bill, son, 11, OK
CLAWD, Richard, son, 9, OK
CLAWD, Charley, son, 7, OK
CLAWD, Tom, son, 4, OK
CLAWD, Fred, son, 1, OK
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1930 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, ed 67-12, 12-B
April 19, 1930
CLOUD, Jacob W, head, M, W, 50, m at 20, TX, TX, TX
CLOUD, Lizzie, wife, F, W, 47, m at 18, TX, IL, IL
CLOUD, Lillian R, dau, 26, OK
CLOUD, Hazel L, dau, 25, OK
CLOUD, Satelmo, son, 22, OK
CLOUD, Richard, son, 19, OK
CLOUD, William L, son, 20, OK
CLOUD, Charley T, son, 17, OK
CLOUD, Tommie M, son, 13, OK
CLOUD, Fredrich C, son, 12, OK
CLOUD, J.W., son, 4-7/12, OK
CLOUD, Claud W, son, 3-8/12, OK (grandson, son of Lillian above)
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1940 census, OK, Pushmataha, Tuskahoma, ed 64-18, 12-B & 13-A, April 13-15
-- HH 238
NAPIER, Price H, head, M, W, 77, widowed, TX
DABBS, Pearl, dau, 56, widowed, TX
-- HH 239
NAPIER, Luke, head, M, W, 36, OK
NAPIER, Winifred, wife, F, W, 18, OK
-- HH 240
BOYNTON, S.C., head, M, W, 33, KS, previously lived in Long Beach, CA, steam ship waiter
BOYNTON, Hazel, wife, F, W, 35, OK
BOYNTON, Mary E, dau, 9, CA
BOYNTON, James B, son, 4, CA
BOYNTON, Paul W, son, 1, OK
-- HH 241
CLOUD, Jake W, head, M, W, 59, married, no schooling, TX
CLOUD, Lizzie, wife, F, W, 57, married, finished 2nd grade, TX
CLOUD, Dick, son, 29, single, finished 8th grade, OK
CLOUD, Charlie T, son, 27, single, finished 7th grade, OK
CLOUD, Katherine D, dau, 18, single, finished 8th grade, OK
CLOUD, J.W., son, 15, single, finished 7th grade, OK
CLOUD, Dardenelle, grandson, 14, single, finished 7th grade, OK
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There was a two year drought in Konawa and they lost everything but one cow. Jake got an opportunity to share crop in Albion so they moved there. Hazel and Gail Boynton bought them a place there (Gail went to a "tax title" land auction and bid on the 40 acres for 25 cents an acre and got it for $7.50.) Jake built a log house that they lived in.
Hazel wrote that the entries in the family Bible were made by Shorty, as momma couldn't write very well. "Shorty wrote the record and were mostly of our family, for she's like me, knew little of family traditions." Just before she died, Shorty gave the family Bible to George Napier's wife, Glenda.
Dardenelle said he'd heard that grandma Cloud's grandfather Seybold served in the civil war (i.e. David Seybold).
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Family ID F448 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gloria Margaret Whittington, b. Jan 14, 1921, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. Dec 24, 2020, Austin, Travis county, Texas, USA (Age 99 years) Married May 20, 1942 El Paso, El Paso county, Texas, USA [6] - Only 5 people attended their wedding in El Paso: Gloria's "aunt Maggie" (her grand-aunt Margaret Wiess Hooks), and Maggies son, her cousin (first cousin once removed) Edison Hooks and his wife Jenny, and two of Tom's soldier friends (one may have been called Seingrish).
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Gloria Whittington To Be Married, May 20 To
Cpl. Thomas M. Cloud
Announcement Of Engagement Is Made At
Delightfully Appointed Tea Given In Mrs. B.R. Roberts' Home
Revealed at an announcement tea in the home of Mrs. B.R. Roberts of Griffing Park, the engagement and approaching marriage of Gloria Whittington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Whittington, 3725 34th street, and Corporal Thomas M.Cloud of Fort Bliss, is attracting wide interest here.
The wedding will take place in El Paso on May 20.
Miss Whittington was born and reared in Port Arthur and is a graduate of the local high school. Corporal Cloud is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Cloud of Oklahoma City and is now stationed with the signal corps at Fort Bliss, where the couple will make their home. He attended Port Arthur college recently, studying radio with other soldiers from Fort Bliss.
Guests Received
At the tea, more than 75 guests called during the receiving hours and were registered in the guest book. Each was presented with miniature old-fashioned nosegays of sweetheart roses.
Members of the house party included Mesdames Aline Carlin and Margie Cruthirds of Orange and Rosemary Vincent, Leta Beth Bythewood, and Misses LaVerne Bradley, Mary Edmiston and Gunda Fleischmann.
Engagement Revealed
Revealing the engagement were the names of the engaged couple and date in gold letterings inscribed on long streamers of a large satin bow, which graced one end of the refreshment board.
The reception rooms were attractively arranged with calla lillies and white roses. The only lighting were tapers in candelabra flanking a crystal bowl of white lilies on the buffet. The board was covered with cutwork linen and. Refreshments were served on rose-point crystal. Punch was served from a large crystal bowl mounted on a reflector embanked with lilies.
The Port Arthur News, May 3, 1942
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Gloria Whittington To Be Married Wednesday
To Corporal T.M. Cloud
Prospective Bride Named Honoree At Lovely
Prenuptial Tea Given Prior To Departure For El Paso
Scheduled to take place in El Paso Wednesday is the marriage of Gloria Whittington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Whittington, 3725 34th street, to Corporal Thomas M. Cloud of Fort Bliss, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M Cloud of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Miss Whittington will be accompanied to El Paso by her great aunt, Mrs. G. W. Hooks of Beaumont, and while there will be the guests of Mrs. Hooks' son, E.M. Hooks.
Miss Whittington is a native of Port Arthur and is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson high school. Corp. Cloud recently attended Port Arthur college, where he took a radio course with other soldiers from Fort Bliss. He is now stationed with the signal corps at Fort Bliss.
Prenuptial Tea
As a prenuptial courtesy for the May bride-elect, Mrs W. L. Shoemake, Mrs. B.R. Bythewood, Mrs. W.I. Whaley and Mrs. E.W. Thames entertained with a lovely tea at the Thames home on 32nd street.
Approximately 65 guests called during the evening. Receiving were the hostesses, the honoree and her mother, Mrs. D.E. Whittington. In charge of the guest book were Ruth Goss and Laverne Bradley.
Appointments suggested a pink and white theme with pink and white roses being arranged about the rooms and forming the center piece for the lace-laid tea table. Presiding at the punch bowl were Mrs. E.W. Goss, Jr., and Mrs. L.C. Roberts.
Guests were entertained during the evening with piano selections by Jessie Lee Whitmire. Others in the house party were Mary Frances Poole, Ora Lee Bland, Gwendolyn Gilchriest, Mary Ann Edmiston, Jewel Paul, Dorothy Culpepper, Edna Culpepper, Ina Eaves, and Gloria Owens.
The Port Arthur News, May 17, 1942
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Children 1. Living 2. James Richard Cloud, b. Sep 29, 1946, Port Arthur, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. Jun 01, 2012, College Station, Brazos county, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)3. John Timothy Cloud, b. Jul 24, 1949, Port Arthur, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. Dec 21, 1995, Austin, Travis county, Texas, USA (Age 46 years)4. Living 5. 32728 Cloud, b. 1943, d. Y Family ID F453 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Name: Tommy Marin Cloud
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Photos 
Cloud, Thomas "Jerry" (1916-1988)
Documents 
Cloud, Thomas Marin (1916-1988) Delayed Birth Certificate Cloud, Thomas Marin (1916-1988) Social Security Application Cloud, Thomas Marin
The Port Arthur Daily News, Nov. 16, 1944
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Sources - [S24] Seminole County, OK, School Census.
- [S428] Texas Death Records on-line.
- [S20] Pontotoc County Records, Book F-538-1399.
- [S70] U.S. District Court, Southern District, File number F-205-240.
- [S3969] Chickasaw Nation Marriage Index (1895-1907), Ardmore, Oklahoma.
- [S978] Bible of Dalton Earnest Whittington & Jessie Wiess Whittington.
- [S24] Seminole County, OK, School Census.
