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Note: Dad had a couple of nicnames one was "Hickory Whistle Bill" because he used to to make whistles out of hickory sticks.and the other was "Clutch"being left handed an in those days the gear shift was on the steering column Dad wasnt real smooth when he shifted gears an would burn out the clutches an tear up transmissions,so he got real good at rebuilding transmissions. Uncle Jim told a story that Dad an Dick Ashmore one time was out in the barn lot where the cows were him an Dick had a bow an arrow an Dad shot one of the cows right in the rectum so Dad an dick spent about 45mins trying to catch that cow an pull the arrow out. Dad was baptised by Ray Finney who was the Reverend of Salisbury Church ,Jim's pool was used because the church didnt have a baptismal at this time. Dad was a Union Worker for Local 171 Charleston ILL Dad Died of Lymphoma Cancer Cancer of the Lymph Nodes. He was a Union worker Local 171 Dad was 46 at the time of his death. A story was told that Frank,David,Dad,Jim and Joe had taken the horse and wagon down past the Salisbury Church when the wagon began to pick up speed,it bumped the horses from behind and scared the horses so they just took off the boys figured it was going to over turn in the church yard so they bailed out ,well when they did they all went different directions,when David jumped out he had broken his leg when he hit the ground ,but poor Dad,he got the worst when he bailed out he landed on his hands an knees ,and just scraped himself alll up,tore up his hands legs chest and everything. Social Security Death Index about Clifford Winnett Name: Clifford Winnett SSN: 352-32-2122 Last Residence: 61920 Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States of America Born: 29 Mar 1938 Died: Dec 1984 State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1956-1957)
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