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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