Grover "Clevie" Cleveland Eason Jr.
Grover Cleveland Eason Jr.
Grover "Clevie" Cleveland Eason Jr.
Grover "Clevie" Cleveland Eason Jr. was born July 22, 1949, and died April 7, 2015. He married Judy Carolyn Nichols on June 12, 1971, and married Bonnie Hope Mattingly in October 1980.
Clevie's children with Carolyn Nichols Eason
Christy Lynne Eason Greene
Benjamin John Eason
Clevie's children with Bonnie Mattingly Eason
Jesrah "Jesse" Orran Eason
James "Jimmy" Harold Eason
Carol and Clevie Eason holding cats.
Carol and Clevie Eason holding cats.
Courtesy Stancil Reunion Archive

Grover "Clevie" Cleveland Eason Jr. was born on July 22, 1949, in Beulah Township, Johnston County, North Carolina. He was the son of Cleveland Grover Eason Sr. and Myrtle Stancil Eason, and a sibling to Jean Eason LaVie, Frank Eason, JoAnn Eason Alexander, Lelon Woodrow "Woody" Eason Sr., and Margaret Carol Eason Cole.

Clevie married Judy Carolyn Nichols on June 12, 1971, at the Baptist Church on Tarboro Street in Wilson, North Carolina. Carolyn, born on May 21, 1953, was the daughter of Benjamin Ralph Nichols and Eva Mae Baker. Together, they had two children: Christy Lynne Eason, born in 1971, and Benjamin John Eason, born in 1974. Their marriage concluded with a divorce on September 7, 1978.

Clevie Eason with his wife Bonnie in California..
Clevie Eason with his wife Bonnie in California.
Courtesy Stancil Reunion Archive

Seeking a new start, Clevie moved to California, where he found love again with Bonnie Hope Mattingly.

Bonnie, born on September 27, 1947, was the daughter of John and Virginia Mattingly. Clevie and Bonnie were married in October 1980. They had two sons: Jesrah "Jesse" Orran, born in 1981, and James "Jimmy" Harold, born in 1982.

Grover "Clevie" Cleveland Eason Jr. passed away on April 7, 2015, in Victorville, San Bernardino, California.

Renn Stancil Hinton, daughter of George Ralph Stancil