10 things about Anniston, Alabama native Louise Clinkscales

Mary Louise Davenport Clinkscales was an American woman from LaGrange, Georgia, United States. The city was defended by the volunteer women’s auxiliary group Nancy Hart Rifles during the American Civil War, which lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 26, 1865.

BIOGRAPHY

Clinkscales was an alumna of Anniston High School in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her paternal grandparents are James Isaac Davenport and Mary Ann Bolin Davenport.
2. His maternal grandparents are James Walter Paris and Izella Lucinda Shaddix Paris.
3. She was born in Anniston to James Sexton Davenport and Essie Conola Paris Davenport.
4. She is Martha Morrison‘s sister.
5. She was a member of the National Campers Hikers Association and the Troup Travelers Camping Club.
6. She was 3 years younger than her husband John Dixon Clinkscales.
7. She and John have one son together.
8. In 1953, she became a mother.
9. In 1976, her son went missing.
10. In 2021, she died at age 92.

TIMELINE

1930s

• On July 17, 1931, her grandmother Mary Ann Bolin Davenport died in Craighead County, Arkansas, USA at age 72.
• On April 15, 1934, her grandfather James Isaac Davenport died in Craighead County at age 79.

1940s

• In 1946, she graduated from Anniston High School.

1950s

• On December 4, 1951, her grandfather James died in Anniston at age 76.
• On December 19, 1951, her grandmother Izella died in Anniston at age 73.
• On October 2, 1953, she gave birth to Kyle Wade Clinkscales.
• On January 9, 1956, her father died in Calhoun County at age 78.

1960s

• In 1962, she and John moved to LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, USA.

1970s

• On January 27, 1976, her son Kyle planned to drive from LaGrange to Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama but never arrived there.
• On February 1, 1976, she and John went to Kyle’s apartment in Auburn and later reported their son missing to police in Auburn and LaGrange.

1980s

• On June 27, 1984, she and John met with 40th U.S. president Ronald Reagan at The Oval Office in Washington, D.C., USA. initiated the Find Me, Inc. program, which was recognized by Reagan.

2000s

• On December 20, 2001, her mother died at Regional Medical Center in Oxford, Alabama at age 94.
• On May 13, 2007, her husband John died at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange at age 82.

2020s

• On January 19, 2021, she died at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange at age 92.
• On December 7, 2021, her son Kyle’s 1974 Ford Pinto Runabout was found submerged in a creek in LaFayette, Chambers County, Alabama. Inside the car were human bones and his identification and credit cards and other personal items.
• On February 19, 2023, the Troup County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the bones found on December 7, 2021 belonged to her son Kyle.