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Dates per SSDI, last residence Nebo

OBITUARY - Find-A-Grave.com

Vivian Simmons Ingram, 89, of Nebo, died Friday, December 7, 2001 at her residence. Born January 22, 1912, in McDowell County, to the late Charlie H. and Bessie Pyatt Simmons, she was retired from the textile industry in McDowell County and was a homemaker.

Other than her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Chaffie Sigmon, her second husband, Dan Elliott, her third husband, Jason Ingram and her son, William Sigmon, Sr.

Survivors include daughter-in-law, Mary Jane Sigmon, of Davie, FL; two grandsons: William L. Sigmon, of Fembroke Pines, FL, and David L. Sigmon, of Ocala, FL; a granddaughter, Jennifer L. Pursell, of Fembroke Pines, FL; a sister, Anna Sisk, of Marion; a brother, Lee Simmons, of Nebo; and four great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at Westmoreland Chapel. The Rev. Jay Springer officiated and burial was in Old Nebo Cemetery. The family received friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations bay be made to American Diabetes Association 434 Fayetteville St. Mall Two Hanover Square Suite 1600 Raleigh, NC 27601-1764. Westmoreland Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

The following is the entry in the West Point Howitzer for his senior year: "Bill - Southern as a Confederate Flag - engineering, R.O.T.C. at N.C. State - all-around ability reflected in academic and military rank - Sunday morning basketball games - intermurder tennis - versatility, personality, a disposition daunted only by these yankee winters - sincere and conscientious as few are - the sort of guy you seldom find, never forget once you've known him."

OBITUARY - Orlando (Florida) Sentinel, Wednesday, June 6, 1984, page B4

William McLean, 78, ex-aviation director

William E, "Buck" McLean, a onetime barnstorming aviator who guided the development of the Orlando International Airport as the city's aviation director for more than a decade, died Monday at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He was 78.

"He was the pioneer in aviation for the city," said longtime friend Fred Turner. "He will probably be remembered as having had the vision and foresight for what the McCoy Airport could be."

When he became aviation director in the mid-1950s, the city's main airport was Orlando Executive, then called Herndon Airport.

"He was an aviation professional from the old school," said Wally Sanderlin, a former city council member who served on the city's aviation advisory board.

"He started out barnstorming and probably was the foremost aviation expert in Orlando during his time. The transition from Herndon to McCoy airfield was due to his leadership."

McLean retired in the late 1960s and moved to Crystal River, where he lived until 1980 when he moved to Oklawaha.

He was admitted to Orlando Regional Medical Center in late April.

Born in Guilford County, N.C., McLean was a Lutheran and a member of several organizations, including Composite Lodge 293 F&AM, the Orlando Scottish Rite Bodies, the Orlando York Rite Bodies, the Bahia Shrine Temple and the National Sojourners. He also belonged to the Heros of '76, the Quiet Birdman, the Three Coast Club and the Society of American Military Engineers.

His wife, Thesta, died in 1954.

Survivors include sons, Dick H., Oklahawa, David M., Windermere, James E. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Bill E., Austin, Texas; daughter, Sophie Ann Norman, Charleston, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild.

Winterpark Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

OBITUARY - Orlando (Florida) Sentinel June 24, 1954

MRS. W. E. McLEAN

Mrs. Thesta Violet McLean, 45, 3026 Fairway St., died early Wednesday in her home here following a brief sicknes. She had been a resident of Orlando eight years.

A member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mrs. McLean is survived by her husband W. E. McLean, and daughter, Sophia Ann McLean, four sons, Dick, David, James and Wilbert McLean, all of Orlando and a brother, William M. Hite, Charlotte, N.C.

Fairchild Fneral Home is in charge.