Individual Details

Graydon Earl Comstock

(5 Nov 1908 - 24 Oct 1983)



1930 Census. Fort Smith City, Upper Twp, Sebastian Co, AR, Hh 133
Graydon Comstock, 21, married at 21, b. AR, Salesman, Seed Company
Medori, wife, 17, married at 17, b. AR

Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR, Monday, 27 Jun 1938
Burleson, Comstock Wedding Impressive Church Event, June 25.
Graydon and Clare were married at the First Baptist church. Jo Ellen Comstock let the candles; she wore a pink embroidered mousseline de soie over pink taffeta with minuet gladioli in her hair. K. M. Comstock, Jr. was best man for his brother; Jay Comstock was one of the groomsmen. My grandmother, the groom's mother, wore beige and copper chiffon with white accessories and had a corsage of white carnations. The bride was a graduate of the University of Arkansas, and member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and had taught one year in the city schools. Graydon had attended the University and had been employed at McIlroy Bank and Trust Co. for three years.
Family members among the out of town guests were Cy Carney Jr. & Katheryn of Rudy; Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Hays & Mrs. James Buchanan of Muskogee; Mr. & Mrs Ira Comstock and J. J. Hays; Mr. & Mrs. Lester Delzell and children, L. C. and Colleen Ellen of Van Buren.

Fayetteville City Directory, 1939
Graydon E. Comstock (Clara) slsmn. Utley & Co. h 18 W. Prospect

1940 Census. Fayetteville, Washington Co AR, ED 72-26A, Sheet 6A, Hh 138.
"Grayson" Comstock renting at 530 Washington. He was 31 and Assistant Cashier, at a Bank.
Mary C., was age 23 and teaching in the public schools.

1947 Fayetteville AR City Directory
Comstock, Graydon E. (Clara), slsmn Utley & Co, home: 18 W. Prospect

1950 Census. Harrison, Boone Co, AR, Hh 150
605 N. Maple
Graydon E. Comstock, 41, b. AR, Proprietor, Insurance & Real Estate Loans
Clare B., wife, 35, b. AL
Graydon E Jr., son, 7, b. AR
David A., son, 2, b. AR

Arkansas Gazette
Wednesday, Oct 26, 1983
Graydon E. Comstock
Civic Leader, Retired Banker Dies at Age 74
Siloam Springs. Graydon E. Comstock, aged 74, of Siloam Springs, retired president of the Arkansas State Bank at Siloam Springs and retired president of Comstock Development Company, died Monday.
He also was a former vice president of Community State Bank of Tulsa, a former employee of McElroy Bank of Fayetteville and was a bank examiner for the U. S. Treasury Department. He was a staff member of the University of Arkansas business office, operated a real estate company in Harrison and the Outlook Investment Company.
He was a former member of the Siloam Springs City Council, past president of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce and was active in the Service Corps of Retired Executives.
Mr. Comstock was a World War II veteran, a member of the Rotary Club, a Presbyterian, a Mason, and a Shriner.
Survivors are his wife, Clare Burleson Comstock; two sons, Don Comstock of Lima, Peru, and David Comstock of Broken Arrow, Okla; a daughter Mary Alice Comstock of Corpus Christi; three brothers, K. M. Comstock of Springdale, John Jay Comstock of San Francisco, and Ira A. Comstock of St. Louis; a sister Jo Ellen McKim of Springdale, and two grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Fayetteville by Wasson Funeral Service.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.

Events

Birth5 Nov 1908Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage29 Jan 1930Crawford County, Arkansas - Angela Medora DuVal
Divorce filed5 Jun 1930Pulaski County, Arkansas - Angela Medora DuVal
Marriage25 Jun 1938Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas - Mary Clare Burleson
Military1942World War II (Army)
Death24 Oct 1983Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas
BurialFairview Cemetery, Fatteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseMary Clare Burleson (1916 - 1999)
ChildGraydon Earl "Don" Comstock Jr. (1942 - 2017)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseAngela Medora DuVal (1912 - 1976)
FatherKENNEY MARCUS COMSTOCK (1887 - 1958)
MotherNORA LEE HAYS (1887 - 1973)
SiblingKenney Maurice Comstock (1914 - 2006)
SiblingJOSIE ELLEN COMSTOCK (1916 - 2008)
SiblingJohn James "Jay" Comstock (1919 - 2006)
SiblingIra Allen Comstock (1924 - 2021)

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