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• Eugene's granddaughter Sharon gave me the names of her father and grandparents, reporting her father's name as Eugene.  I also found a 1912 family photograph that Sharon had posted online, with notes in which she says her father was born in 1924.  We later corresponded by email.
  
  "My father went by Eugene Terry (also "Gene" and "Cherokee").  We were told his birth name was Washington but that he never wanted to use it. ... My paternal grandparents were Joe Terry and Carrie Belle Lovin Terry.  Their children were Elsie, Myrtle, Gertie, Leo, Otto, Augusta, Gladys, Eugene, Agnes and Robert (Bobby)."
  --  Sharon Terry, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 March 2016
  
  At least one genealogy cites the California Death Index, which reports that the mother of Eugene Terry, born in Oklahoma 22 Feb 1924 had the maiden name Lovin.
  
  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Eugene Terry
  Gender Male
  Birth 22 Feb 1924 Oklahoma
  Death 15 Nov 1997 Stanislaus
  Mother's Maiden Name Lovin
  Social Security #566-22-3377
  
  The matching SS Death Index record offers no clarifying information.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Eugene Terry
  Born 22 Feb 1924
  Died 15 Nov 1997
  Last Residence Keyes, Stanislaus, California 95328
  SSN 566-22-3377 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  Later more complete Social Security records helped clarify the details for Eugene Terry.  Giving the name of his parents, this record also confirms we have the correct Death Indcex record above for the dates.
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Eugene Terry
  Birth 22 Feb 1924 Konawa, Seminole County, Oklahoma
  Father Name Joe Terry
  Mother Name Belle C Lovin
  Death Date 15 Nov 1997
  SSN 566223377
  May 1942 Name listed as EUGENE TERRY
  
  In some genealogies we find Eugene's wife reported as Lucy Kathryn Winters
  
  Lucy Kathryn Winters
  Birth May 19 1935 Forkston, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
  Death 2013 Stanislaus County, California
  Parents Unknown
  Spouse (Washington) Eugene Terry 1924-1997
  --  James Tillman Lovin, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/68379673/person/36185179500/facts?ftm=1
  
  Lucy's birth in Pennsylvania leads us to conclude that Kathryn and Eugene met after he went to Stanislaus County, California.
  
  For some reason there is no child in the 1930 census to match Eugene, who should be 6 years old at that time.  If this California report is indeed the for the correct Eugene Terry, where was Eugene in 1930?  California death records also report a Bobby Ray Terry, whose mother was named Lovin, who was born in 1924.  This Bobby also is missing from the 1930 census.  Sharon mentions a child named Bobby Ray also.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, 3 April, Avoca Township, District 10, page 1A, Hse/Fam #9
  Terry, Joe Head M W 49 Married at age 23 [abt 26 yrs, or 1904] AR AR AR Farmer
  Terry, Belle Wife F W 42 Married at age 16 [abt 26 yrs, or 1904] AR AR AR
  Terry, Myrtle Dau F W 25 OK AR AR [abt 1905]
  Terry, Leo Son M W 19 OK AR AR Farm Laborer [abt 1911]
  Terry, Gladys Dau F W 18 OK AR AR  [abt 1912]
  
  "I noticed he is missing from the 1930 census and very likely he was at another home with his older (adult) sibs.  I was told that the older children pretty much raised the younger ones.  I recall him talking of his sister Elsie often caring for him along with her own child of the same age."
  --  Sharon Terry, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 March 2016
  
  The Find a Grave memorial for this Eugene Terry gives us no further information, having no additional information about his parents or birth place.
  
  Eugene Terry
  Birth Feb 22, 1924
  Death Nov 15, 1997
  Note: b OK; d Modesto; h/o Lucy Terry, Keyes; f/o Steven Terry, Ceres; veteran SN
  Burial Turlock Memorial Park, Turlock, Stanislaus County, California, Lot 10 Block 39
  Created by Ed Smith Aug 02, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #55791825, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TER&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=6&GScntry=4&GSsr=2201&GRid=55791825&
  
  U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
  Eugene Terry
  PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
  Birth Date 22 Feb 1924
  Death Date 15 Nov 1997
  Burial in Turlock Memorial Park, 575 N Soderquist Road Turlock, CA 95380
  
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  There is another Eugene Terry, also born in 1924, Social Security Death Index.  The SS record provides no information that helps us identify his family.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Eugene H Terry
  Born 26 Jun 1924
  Died 15 Nov 1996
  Last Residence Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 73132
  SSN 442-14-2688 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
  

Sources

• 1. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #55791825
• 3. Social Security Death Index
• 4. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 5. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
• 6. Sharon Terry
• 7. U.S. Family Photo Collection, c. 1850-2000