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 | | Born Aug. 13, 1930, in Birchtree, Mo., he was the son of Nathan Booker and Pearl Emily (McAvoy) McLaughlin. |
 | | Survivors include his wife, Eva Strain McLaughlin; sons, Keith McLaughlin of Winfield, and Samuel D. McLaughlin of Baghdad, iraq; stepson, Harold Ray Boyd of Banning, Calif.; daughters, Diane Laymon of New Salem, Maraline Freeman of Honolulu, Hawaii, Cynthia Cox of Livingston, La., and Linda Hamner of Purcell, Okla.; stepdaughter, Carol Ellis; 25 grandchildren and 22-great-grandchildren. |
 | | He was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Jo (Spradlin) McLaughlin; his parents; daughter, Terresa D. Shelton; brothers, John, Harry, Louis, Patrick and James; sisters, Louis and Lottie. |
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