Clyde Freeman Somers (March 6, 1931

Clyde Freeman Somers (March 6, 1931 - May 4, 1962)

Son of William Henry and Lillian Mae Somers.
Taken from Jesse Somers private family photo collection.

Wm. Henry Somers Sr. with son Clyde Freeman Somers

Image Source: Find A Grave Memorial

BIRTH
6 Mar 1931

DEATH
4 May 1962 (aged 31)

BURIAL
Williams Cemetery

Corning, Clay County, Arkansas, USA

Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100169851/clyde-freeman-somers

Spouse:

Beatrice Brown Somers

Married
October 19, 1956

BIRTH

6 Aug 1932

DEATH

9 May 2007 (aged 74)

BURIAL
Williams Cemetery

Corning, Clay County, Arkansas, USA

Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19499292/beatrice-somers

*As recorded in Lillian Somers Family Bible

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Aunt Bea, Uncle Clyde and Bea's younger sister Geraldine

Here's a cute story about Uncle Clyde and Aunt Bea as told to me by Wallace Somers: Before Aunt Bea and Uncle Clyde married she worked at a restaurant in the Poplar Bluff, Mo. area and Uncle Clyde would ask his younger brother "Buzzy" to go with him to see Bea at the restaurant. Well, Buzzy was dating Aunt Joyce in St. Louis at the time and he was getting tired of having to go with Clyde to see Bea... So, finally Buzzy spoke up as Bea was serving them one evening and exclaimed "Why don't you just marry him?" Aunt Bea blushed - but she and Clyde eventually married thanks to Uncle Buzzy. :) A tribute to Uncle Clyde and Aunt Bea's marriage is the fact she never remarried after his tragic death in a car accident in 1962. I think that says much about the type of man Clyde was. May the good Lord bless his memory! Amen.

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Somers Scottish Connections

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Cherokee Confederate Veterans Reunion taken in New Orleans in 1903

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Excellent Resource for those with Scottish Roots: 'Jardine's Book of Martyrs'

A Rare List of Covenanter Baptisms #History #Scotland #genealogy By Dr. Mark Jardine - Posted March 30, 2016 Image from Jardine's Book of Martyrs Excerpt: A remarkable document survives from the field preachings of the late 1670s. It is a list of baptisms conducted ‘in Fields and other places’ in Torphichen parish, Linlithgowshire, between 1675 and 1679. One of the things that makes individual Covenanters of the 1680s and their children hard to trace is their withdrawal from the established church that produced records of births and marriages. Among those who had children baptised were two individuals of particular significance, Edward Marshall , who was hanged in 1685, and George Hill , one of the leaders of the United Societies. A third name, Patrick Walker in Slamannan parish is probably Patrick Walker ‘in Drumcria’, aka. Drumclair. He may be the Patrick Walker who wrote the lives of Cameron, Cargill etc. Walker did know people in Torphichen parish and ...

Five Generations of Godly Womanhood

Image is from the Clay County Courier, Corning, Arkansas, March 28, 1968 * The article states that a strong family resemblance is noted, and the strong family resemblance continues today in 2015 (90+ yrs. since this photo was taken) for the descendants of these lovely women. ** This article states the mother of Nancy (Jones) Wright as Nancy Jones, but the Somers Family Bible, as recorded by Lillian Mae (Weaver) Somers, states Mary Ann Jones as the mother of Nancy Wright. I have found that Lillian's records in the Family Bible are accurate in other matters and believe the name used in this article for the 85 year old Mrs. Jones may be a misprint.

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