Calvin Sonny (Ed) McCloud

Calvin Sonny (Ed) McCloud, age 80, of Greenwood, Arkansas, went to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, December 6, 2020, in Little Rock, Arkansas, due to complications from Covid-19.

Sonny (Ed) was the President of McCloud Regional Inc. and Regional owner of the Fantastic Sams’s Arkansas region. President of McCloud Investment Corp. and owner of 3 Fantastic Sam’s hair salon franchises in Ft. Smith and Greenwood, Arkansas.

In 1977-1996 He was the President/Owner Tornado Table Soccer, Inc. in Ft. Worth, Texas-President/Owner Tornado Promotions, Inc.-Chairman of the board, United States Table Soccer Association-Promoter of  $600,000.00 per year in Tornado sponsored events-Organizer of Tornado International Table Soccer Players Association 1983-Organized the classification system for the sport of Table Soccer-Responsible for over 40 unique features currently utilized in the Tornado Soccer table-He was the National “Coin Man of the Month”, Playmeter magazine, March, 1985, In 1977-1978 He was the Vice President Tornado Table Soccer, Inc. In charge of production and design of its Tornado Table soccer vending machine, then he purchased the company.

In 1973-1978 he was the Professor of Manufacturing Processes, Residential Construction, and welding-East field Community College in Dallas Texas. In 1973-1976 Industrial Engineer and Plant Manager of Dynamo Corporation in Grand Prairie, Texas. In 1972-1973 he was the Instructor of Wood Shop and Power Mechanics at South Garland High School in Garland Texas. In 1968-69 He attended El Centro Junior College, Dallas, Texas, and he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Arts/Secondary Education North Texas State University, Denton Texas 1970-71.  He was the Owner, Designer, and former manufacturer of the highest performing foosball table in the world, responsible for more tables produced than anyone else in the US. Took a company $280,000 in debt and built it to a multi-million-dollar company. He was the Owner of Dynamic Personnel, in Dallas, Texas 1967-68. He held several US Design Patent 276631, US Patents: 4,382,598, 5,058,892, 5,0171,137, 5,240,250, 5,333,864, 5,419,555. All patents were sold with other assets of Tornado Table Soccer to Valley Recreational Products in 1996.

He served in the Army National Guard 1956-59, and in the United States Air Force from 1959-1967. Some of his awards include the Carbean Marksmanship Award during basic training in San Antonio, Texas 1959. He won the Sac Air Police Pistol Team, and was the youngest member in 1961-62.

He was a Marksmanship Instructor in Germany from 1962-66, and won the European Champion Pistol as Team, coach, and top shooter, and winner of the WorldWide competition in 1964-65. He was Airman of the quarter of the Rhein-Main Air Force Base in Germany, 1965, and was a  Distinguished Master Pistol Shot, 140th in the world ,in Germany, in 1965. He received the General Carl Spaatz Trophy, at Nationals United States Air Force, and Outstanding Service Pistol Team Shooter, US Nationals, Camp Prairie in Ohio in 1966. He was recognized by the Who’s Who among Students in American Junior colleges  Student Advisory Council and was on the Dean’s List, Secretary-Treasurer, Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, El Centro Junior College in Dallas, Texas, in 1968-69. He won the Sectional Field Championships, National Field Archery Association, 1st Place, “B” class, free style, in Longview, Texas. He designed and hand-crafted a  Wooden Chandelier, that is the only known student exhibit hanging in the Industrial Arts building, in North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, in 1971. He designed, Built, and landscaped his own 3400 square foot home in Dallas, Texas, in 1973. He was inducted into the “Foosball Hall of Fame” in 1997.

He is survived by his Wife, Brenda McCloud, of Greenwood, Arkansas, Daughters, Angelique McCloud of Frisco, Texas, Brittany Smith, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Charlotte Smith, of St. Clair, Missouri, Granddaughter, Raven Phipps, 3 Grandsons, AJ. Phipps, Nicholas Startzman, and Ayden Startzman.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to Alzheimer's Research & Prevention Foundation. Memorial Website: https://everloved.com/life-of/sonny-ed-mccloud/

Cremation arrangements entrusted to www.ArkansasCremation.com.

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