- Dates
- 2017-05-06 – 2017-05-13
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilymusiccommunitylogging
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Cloyd “Butch” Ramsey died at his home on May 6, 2017, aged 78. A forum obituary relay described his childhood years on Beaver Island while his family was involved in logging, his later construction career, love of horses, and participation in old-time and bluegrass music.
Evidence limits
The date, age, biography, and death location come from a funeral-obituary relay posted on the forum. The earlier cause-of-death reference is treated only as an unconfirmed initial report.
Sources
- The thread first reported Ramsey’s death and community memories, then reproduced an obituary stating that Cloyd Gilbert Ramsey, 78, died at home on May 6. It also described his childhood time on Beaver Island, construction career, horse activities, and music. The obituary relay links to a funeral-home page, but that page is not held locally; the initial heart-attack description remains an attributed preliminary report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011520
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Cloyd “Butch” Ramsey dies, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cloyd-butch-ramsey-death-2017/, accessed [date], citing Gillespie and Marie LaFreniere, “Cloyd "Butch" Ramsey - RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 7–13, 2017..
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