Our Somers Family Heritage

Left to right: Mamie Somers Shepherd, Lillian Mae Weaver Somers (mother), Daisy Somers Buhler, and Minnie Lorene Somers Pickard

This is our petite, but feisty Great Grandmother Maggie Leona (Wright) Weaver with Great Grandfather William Izear Weaver. He could very well be our "Blackfoot" connection - he looks native! Family folklore is he was such a good ball player that he was recruited to play professional baseball, but Great Grandmother wasn't going to have him off traveling the country while she farmed alone, so he wisely chose to stay in Arkansas with the lovely Maggie. Find a Grave Memorials: William Izear Weaver Maggie Lenoa Wright Weaver

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Willliam Henry Somers WWI US Army Photo

This photo was taken shortly before Great Grandmother's death estimated to be in the late 1930's or early 1940's. My father, Jesse C. Somers, was born in 1935 and remembers his grandmother living with them before her death.

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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,

Great, Great Grandparents George and Nancy Wright Source: Great Grandson Jess Somers' collection of family photos. Wiki Family Tree Links: George Washington Wright Jr. (1857 - 1937) Nancy Elizabeth Jones (1860 - 1934) Somers Family Tree For additional information, please see: George Washington Wright Jr. (RootsWeb) Obituary for George Washington Wright Jr.: PIONEER PASSED AWAY HERE LAST WEDNESDAY - 30 Apr 1937 George W. Wright, aged 79, highly respected pioneer citizen of Clay Co., passed away here last Wednesday at 6:20 p.m., at the home of his daugher, Mrs. W. F. Barnes. Mr. Wright was born on 22 June 1857 near Paragould, and removed to Randolph county when he was two years of age. He had resided in Clay county during the past 35 years. His funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon by Rev. R. L. Powell and internment was made in Williams cemetery. Mr. Wright was devout christian & a member of the Methodist church. Surviving are six