Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Name“Dobbie” Cleo Edison GERRINGER Sr. 
36,269,3, Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley,3, Addie Belle Gerringer Shoffner,470, Cleo Edison “Dobbie” Gerringer, Sr,472, MARRIAGE: HENSON ,RUTH JANETTE & GERRINGER, CLEO EDISON
36,269,3, Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley,3, Addie Belle Gerringer Shoffner,470, Cleo Edison “Dobbie” Gerringer, Sr,472, MARRIAGE: HENSON ,RUTH JANETTE & GERRINGER, CLEO EDISON BurialForest Lawn Cemetery, 3901 Forest Long Dr, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Cleo Edison “Dobbie” Gerringer, Sr
FatherJapheth Flannigan GERRINGER (1881-1944)
MotherLelar Belle WARD (1893-1981)
Spouses
1Ruth Janette HENSON 36,269,470, Ruth Henson Gerringer,472, MARRIAGE: HENSON ,RUTH JANETTE & GERRINGER, CLEO EDISON
36,269,470, Ruth Henson Gerringer,472, MARRIAGE: HENSON ,RUTH JANETTE & GERRINGER, CLEO EDISON BirthNov 1, 1921, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Ruth Henson Gerringer
DeathJun 11, 1966, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Ruth Henson Gerringer,269
BurialForest Lawn Cemetery, 3901 Forest Long Dr, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Ruth Henson Gerringer
MarriageDec 12, 1941, Guilford County, North Carolina36,269,472, MARRIAGE: HENSON ,RUTH JANETTE & GERRINGER, CLEO EDISON
MarriageMay 4, 1966269
Obituary Online notes for “Dobbie” Cleo Edison GERRINGER Sr.
Son of Lelar Ward and Japheth Gerringer. Four children were born into his first marriage to Ruth Henson before it ended in divorce in 1968.
An edited extract of his obituary from the Greensboro Daily News, dated August 10, 1976, follows:
Cleo E. "Dobbie" Gerringer, 57, died Monday at Starmount Villa Nursing Ceneter. He was a native of Alamance County and had lived in Greensboro 25 years. A veteran of WW II, he was a carpenter with Love Construction Co.
Surviving are widow, Mrs Betty Smith Gerringer; sons, James Daniel, Cleo E. Jr. and Jerry Lane Gerringer; stepsons, Kenneth and Ronnie Chrisco; daughter, Mrs Ranell Chavis; stepdaughter, Mis Debra Chrisco; mother, Lelar W. Gerringer; sisters, Mrs Wade Hensley, Mrs Arthur Shoffner, Mrs Jack Lamar, Miss Margaret Gerringer. 470, Cleo Edison “Dobbie” Gerringer, Sr
An edited extract of his obituary from the Greensboro Daily News, dated August 10, 1976, follows:
Cleo E. "Dobbie" Gerringer, 57, died Monday at Starmount Villa Nursing Ceneter. He was a native of Alamance County and had lived in Greensboro 25 years. A veteran of WW II, he was a carpenter with Love Construction Co.
Surviving are widow, Mrs Betty Smith Gerringer; sons, James Daniel, Cleo E. Jr. and Jerry Lane Gerringer; stepsons, Kenneth and Ronnie Chrisco; daughter, Mrs Ranell Chavis; stepdaughter, Mis Debra Chrisco; mother, Lelar W. Gerringer; sisters, Mrs Wade Hensley, Mrs Arthur Shoffner, Mrs Jack Lamar, Miss Margaret Gerringer. 470, Cleo Edison “Dobbie” Gerringer, Sr