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Lloyd Armstrong 20 March 1881 - 12 November 1972 Photo taken at his daughter Marie's house Lloyd Armstrong was my grandfather but I never met him. This is probably the single most reason that Genealogy became my
hobby. I never knew any of my grandparents, nor did I know my father Ezra, and that left a void in my heart that has never
been filled. Lloyd was born in Omaha, Gallatin County IL in 1881. He was the youngest child of William and Elizabeth Hannah (Shook) Armstrong.
He was never to know his own father as he died before Lloyd was born. After several years Lloyds mother Elizabeth remarried to a man by the the name of Andrew Austin who I believe was
know as "Drew". Andrew moved the family to Cape Girardeau MO in the year of 1890. Lloyd remembers he was only about 9 years old at the time. So Lloyd
grew up in and around the beautiful, soft hills of Cape Girardeau, MO. He was known as a generous man, a farmer by nature and was always there to help and care for anyone
who needed his help. Lloyd Armstrong was born Mar. 20, 1881 Omaha, Gallatin Co IL.
His death occurred Nov. 12, 1972 in Cape Girardeau MO and he is buried at Morgan Memorial Cemetery in Advance MO.
His first marriage was to Mary Catherine Warner on the 7th of November 1906.
Mayme, as she was known, was a delicate woman who died at the very young age of 32 years.
She was born 24 December 1888 in Pensacola FL and died 17 April 1920 in Perkins MO.
She was the mother of Five (possible 7) children but only one of them survived.
We know that five of her children
died very young, Ezra Earl Armstrong, my father, was the only surviving child of this first marriage.
Mayme and her deceased children are all buried at Kenyon Cemetery, Cape Girardeau MO. I visited that cemetery many
years ago but could find no headstone for any of them.
Lloyd married the second time to Leona Lillian Marcus in December 1920 a few months after the death of
Mayme. Leona gave him 5 healthy children. This marriage ended in the untimely deaths of Leona and their youngest
child Geraldine in a terrible car accident in 1957.
William Elvis Armstrong 30 August 1907 - 14 November 1909 Elmer Verna Armstrong 16 Apr 1910 - 06 November 1911 Ezra Earl Armstrong 7 Dec 1913-18 Jul 1970 Eugene Armstrong 17 Jun 1915 - 18 November 1916 Thelma Armstrong 01 Oct 1917 died abotu 1918 Children of Lloyd & Leona (Marcus) Armstrong
 Lloyd and Leona (Marcus) Armstrong on the right
Myrtle Marie Gilles, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 24, 2003, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau.
She was born Feb. 15, 1922, at Perkins, Mo., daughter of Loyd and Leona L. Marcus Armstrong.
She and Aaron L. Gilles were married Sept. 29, 1937 at Benton, Mo. He died June 7, 1987. She was a member of Hobbs Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Jerry L. Gilles of Cape Girardeau; one brother, L. Frank Armstrong of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; two sisters, Della Marcella Strop of Cape Girardeau and Della Myers of Sedgewickville, Mo.; four grandchildren; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, a brother and a sister.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Fords & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Revs. James Hartmann and Anthony Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Hobbs Chapel Cemetery.
 Della Mae Myers, 68, of Sedgewickville (Bollinger County) died Thursday, April 21, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 12, 1937, at Painton, Mo., daughter of Lloyd and Leona Marcus Armstrong. She and Clarence A. Myers were married May 19, 1951, in Hernandez, Miss.
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