illiam Robert Herion Jr.
born : April 23 1925 Grahman, Carter County, Oklahoma
died : March 13 1959 Santa Clara County, California
marr : Februrary 7 1945 Christian County, Kentucky
children :
marr : February 17, 1956 Las Vegas, Clark, Neveda
Gloria Ann Spencer Gore
children :
Robert LeRoy b. 1954
married Cristina Benavides
Children:
Rebecca Ann
Roquel Este
Cindy Susanne b. 1957
Robert, the youngest of Bob and Berie's 14 children, lived hard and died young.
As his child, I don't know him........., by that I mean I can give you his vital statistics and some memories, but as far as his favorite color, song, book, etc., I don't know. Today I have to ask family members what traits of his, my four sons carry, because there are many I never saw since he was never available to me on a personal basis.
Going to California with his family at 15, his teen years were spent in Clovis, doing, I no not what. He didn't attend school as far as I have ever heard, so I'm not sure what he did to entertain himself or what kind of teenager he was. The family home was located at 141 6th St. ( Bullard Ave. )
Robert enlisted in the Navy at the age of 18, doing his basic training at Farragut, Idaho and his grave marker says " Oklahoma " on it, this, I'm assuming, was the ship he was assigned to, although I don't believe he every went on water.
In 1945, while visiting his brother T.S. in Kentucky, he met and married my mother, Dorothy Lorene McDaniel. The newly weds made their home in Clovis, among the family clan. This marriage lasted 8 years and produced one daughter
Robert was a " Teamster" union member for 10 years as a truck driver. He drove for earth moving construction jobs, such as dams, roads, etc., in the Sierra Neveda's and the Coastal ranges of California and in its central San Joaquin Valley. He and his brother J.C., worked on the Pine Flat Dam Resevior in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon national park region in the late 1940's.
Along with his father and brothers, he frequented the Clovis cardrooms, dabbled with the family in owning and racing a thoughbred named " Dinah".
After his second marriage, he made is home in the San Jose area, working for his nephew at Herion Roofing. This marriage produced a son and daughter.
A domestic violence dispute occured and a 22 caliber rifle bullet was fired into his body, lacerating the right Auricle of his heart, ending his life on at 12:20 a.m., March 13, 1959, at the age of 33 years, 10 months and 21 days
