10 things about US Navy veteran John Clinkscales from Talladega, Alabama

John Dixon Clinkscales was an American man from Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, United States. Established in 1858, the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) is operated in Talladega by the state of Alabama.

BIOGRAPHY

Clinkscales was a U.S. Navy veteran. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He was born in Talladega to John Wilks Clinkscales and Norma Clara Horn Clinkscales.
2. He was a charter and board member of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
3. He was a member of the National Association of Accountants, the Troup Travelers Camping Club, the National Camping Organization and the Optimist Club.
4. He was retired from Milliken and Company. 
5. He served in World War II.
6. He was 4 years younger than his brother James Edward Clinkscales.
7. He was 13 years older than their sister Betty Sue Clinkscales Bradford.
8. He was 3 years older than his wife Mary Louise Davenport Clinkscales.
9. He and Mary have one son together.
10. In 2007, he died at age 82.

TIMELINE

1940s

• On January 12, 1940, his grandfather Louis Milton Clinkscales died in Calcis, Shelby County, Alabama at age 79.
• On December 24, 1941, his grandmother Alive Valera Spruiell Clinkscales died in Shelby County at age 69.

1950s

• On October 2, 1953, Mary gave birth to their son Kyle Wade Clinkscales.
• On September 11, 1954, his grandfather Charlie M. Horn in Talladega at age 74.

1960s

• In 1962, he and Mary moved to LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, USA.
• On September 2, 1963, his grandmother Willie Ann Elizabeth Neighbors Horn died in Talladega at age 80.

1970s

• On July 29, 1974, his mother died in Talladega at age 72.
• On January 27, 1976, his son Kyle planned to drive from LaGrange to Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama but never arrived there.
• On February 1, 1976, he and Mary went to Kyle’s apartment in Auburn and later reported their son missing to police in Auburn and LaGrange.

1980s

• On January 1, 1981, Vantage Press published his book “Kyle’s Story – Friday Never Came”.
• He initiated the Find Me, Inc. program, which was recognized by Ronald Reagan, who served as the 40th U.S. president from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. 
• On June 27, 1984, he and Mary met with Reagan at The Oval Office in Washington, D.C., USA.
• On November 15, 1986, his father died in Talladega at age 88.

1990s

• On June 21, 1993, his brother James died at age 71.

2000s

• On February 11, 2007, he turned 82.
• On May 13, 2007, he died at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange.

2020s

• On January 19, 2021, his wife Louise died at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange at age 92.
• On December 7, 2021, his 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 Kyle’s 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 his son Kyle.