Submitted by Emily O'neal
Rome News Tribune Nov. 11, 1979
Mr. Clemones
William Clayton Clemones, 48, of 1405 Cave Spring Rd. died suddenly
Saturday morning.
He was born in Floyd County on April 25, 1931, the son of William
McKinley Clemones and the late Mary Evelyn Loveless Clemones. He had spent his entire
life in Floyd County and was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church. He was
manager of Clemones Farm and Rentals.
Survivors include the widow, the former Martha Frances Patterson, whom he
married Nov. 10, 1963, four daughters, Mrs. Martha Morgan, Rome, Mrs.
Dianne Tant, Cave Spring, Mary and Patricia Clemones, Rome, three sons,
Anthony Clemones, Corpus Christi, Tex., Carey Clemones, Daniel Lee, both of
Rome; six sisters, Mrs. Frances Yarbrough, Mrs. Rebecca Cromer, Mrs. Opal
Highfield, Mrs. Carolyn Clark, all of Rome, Mrs. Linda Blankenship, Jackson,
Miss.; Mrs. Jeanie Buffington, Rome, one brother, Duane Clemones, Rome, his
father, William McKinley (Bill) Clemones, Rome, four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the chapel of
Talley Brothers Funeral Home with the Revs. Joe Eaves and Wayne Wright
officiating. Interment will follow in the Clemones family cemetery in
Morton's Bend.
Active pallbearers include, Bill, Tim, Bruce Cromer, Greg Yarbrough, Rex
Clemones and J. Webb.