Deceased December 28, 1964 in Bradenton, Florida.
From Newspaper Obituary
C.C. (Lefty) Teague, 74, Hit by Car, Dies in Fla.
Clarence F. (Lefty) Teague, 74, former major league baseball pitcher and a retired employee of the local Rich Manufacturing Co., was struck and killed by a car yesterday afternoon while fishing from a bridge at Bradenton, Fla.Another article said he played for the White Sox
Since his retirement as a millwright at the Rich plant in 1958, he and his wife had spent summers at their home at Long Lake near Cloverdale and had wintered at Bradenton, where they owned a home.
Born July 4, 1890, at Metropolis, Ill., son of Ebynezer and Mary (Walker) Teague, he began his baseball career as a farm boy pitching for a country team. At the age of 19 he broke into organized baseball with the Kentucky League.
During the next five years he pitched for Toledo, in the American Association, and Waterbury, Conn., in the Eastern League, then in 1916 was sold to the Detroit Tigers. Later he played with the Washington Senators before leaving the major leagues and coming to Battle Creek in 1923 to play with the Postum Club.
For two years in the 1920's, he pitched for the Fairbanks-Morse team of Three Rivers, then returned here and played several seasons with Kellog Co. teams.
He was a member of Battle Creek Lodge, No. 131, BPOE.
Mr. Teague was married here in November, 1945, to Merna Crawford, who survives in addition to a daughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. Gerald (Marguerite) McAllister of 617 West Territorial Road; three step-daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Donna Jean) Steele of 451 Emmett St., Mrs. John (Katherine) Miller of Beadle Lake and Mrs. Carl (Margaret) Bennett of Marshall; a stepson, William Monroe, of Jersey City, N.J.; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Sharpe of Paducah, KY.; a granddaughter, Kay Joy McAllister, a student at Michigan State University; 12 step-great-grandchildren
and seven step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services here will be in charge of the Shaw Funeral Home.
The services were officiated by Rev. Albert R. Fesmire of the Battle Creek Bible Church
Clarence Teague, Former Resident, Services Held
Clarence Teague, 74, of Battle Creek, Michigan was struck by an automobile
and killed in Florida on December 28.
Mr Teague was formerly of Massac county and played ball for a number of
years with the White Sox team.
Funeral services were held in Battle Creek. He is survived by his wife, one
daughter, four stepchildren; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Smith of Metropolis and a
brother, Walter 'Doc' Teague of New Columbia.
Yet another article, with 1964 faintly written on it, reads:
Clarence Teague Killed By Auto
Clarence Teague, a former resident of Massac County, Ill., was struck and killed by an automobile late Monday as he crossed a street near his home in Bradenton, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Teague had lived in Battle Creek, Mich., for many years and spent the winter months in Florida.
Burial services will be held in Battle Creek.
Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Hattie Smith, Metropolis; a brother, Walter Teague, New Columbia, Ill., and a niece, Mrs. Gerald C. Roby, Paducah.
Burial: January 02, 1965, Hicks Cem., Calhoun Co., Michigan
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