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Luther Conway McClure was born June 4, 1906, in either White or Cleburne County, Arkansas, the son of Dode McClure and Eliza J. Jones.
Luther was only six years old when his mother died in 1913.
The 1920 Van Buren County, Arkansas census shows 14 year old Luther living with Charlie W. Hillis and his wife Daisy Hillis.
Luther married Thelma Pearl Shipley on November 12, 1927, in Conway County, Arkansas. Pearl Shipley was born April 29, 1903, in Van Buren County, the daughter of Leonard Brooks Shipley (b. 1878, Conway Co; d. 1942, Van Buren Co) and Eva Mae Merryman (b. 1882, IN; d. 1977, AR).
The 1930 Van Buren County, Arkansas census, Griggs Township, shows Luther McClure, 23, married at 21, a farmer who rented his farm; Pearl T., 25, married at 23; Carl, 4; Orvan B., 11 months, and Daisy L., 1 month old.
Luther and Pearl raised their children near Formosa, in Van Buren County, Arkansas.
Luther died September 30, 1958, and is buried in Culpepper Cemetery in Van Buren County. Pearl died January 1987 and is also buried in Culpepper Cemetery.
Children of Luther McClure and Pearl Shipley
1. Carl Shipley, b. Sept 29, 1925, Van Buren Co, AR; d. Sept 23, 2009, Fayetteville, AR
2. Orvin B. McClure, b. Van Buren Co, AR
3. Daisy Lucille McClure, b. Mar 30, 1930, Van Buren Co; d. Feb 25, 2006, Faulkner Co, AR; bur. Culpepper Cem, Van Buren Co; m. ___ Duff, then m. Bob Mabry
4. Ruby McClure, b. Van Buren Co; m. Wes Hunt, then m. ____ Greene
5. Bill McClure, b. Dec 6, 1931, Van Buren Co, AR; d. Nov 18, 2012, Bloomfield, MO
6. Gene McClure, b. Van Buren Co, AR
7. L. J. McClure, b. Van Buren Co, AR
8. Virgil Weldon McClure, b. Aug 28, 1939, Van Buren Co; d. June 11, 1954 from measles, Van Buren Co; bur. Culpepper Cem in Van Buren Co.
9. Owida McClure, b. Van Buren Co, AR; m. Arthur Brannon in 1958. Arthur Brannon d. in 1985. She then m. Paul Crum.
10. Shirley McClure, b. Van Buren Co, AR; m. Jerry Tesreau
11. Margaret McClure, b. Van Buren Co, AR; m. Larry Dowdy
12. Patricia McClure, b. Van Buren Co, AR; m. Ronnie Risenhoover