Clemmons Family History

Lydia was the wife of James Porter Clemmons. James was a descendant of Samuel Thompson Clemmons > Etheldred Clemmons Sr. > Etheldred Clemmons Jr. > James Allen Clemmons > John Porter Clemmons

Obituary from the Lebanon Democrat – January 23rd, 2009

Lydia Ann Clemmons

Services for Mrs. Clemmons will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 at Dickson Funeral Home with Bro. Jimmy Carrington officiating. Interment will be in Wilson County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. until the service Saturday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Clemmons, 89, of Dickson, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 at NHC Healthcare of Dickson.

She was preceded in death by husband, James “Porter” Clemmons; parents, Samuel and Nellie Denny; and brother, Charles Denny.

Survivors include: daughter, Mari-Louise (Robert) Spencer of Dickson; grandchildren, Jamie Rose, Dani Howard and Shawn Spencer; great-grandchildren, David Musselwhite, Justin, Brenna, Angela, Candace, Camille and Brandon Howard and Alexis and Aaron Spencer; great-great-grandchild, Gavin Musselwhite; and several nieces and nephews.

Anne Twining Sloan died April 4th, 2009 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She was an integral part of the Clemmons Family Reunions and held a wealth of knowledge that will be sorely missed.

Obituary from the Lebanon Democrat – April 6th, 2009

Dr. Anne Twining Sloan

Services for Dr. Sloan will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 7 at Woofin with interment to follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Lebanon. Visitation will be Monday, April 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Woodfin Funeral Chapel.

Dr. Sloan, 59, died Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Mufreesboro. She was an associate professor of political science at MTSU since 1993 and served in numerous positions with the Tennessee Political Science Association, including president between 1994 and 2004. At the time of her passing, she held the title of Special Assistant to the Provost for International Education since August 2004, a position she assumed full-time in January 2006.

She was born in Lebanon in 1949 and grew up in Mufreesboro, where she attended Campus School and graduated from Central High School in 1967. Her father, Eugene Holloway Sloan, was a longtime fixture at MTSU. Among his various positions, he last served as a public relations spokesperson. Sloan earned her bachelors degree from MTSU in 1971, her master’s degree from Louisiana State University in 1974 and her doctorate from The Ohio State University in 1982.

Survivors include: husband, Steve Saunders, assistant director of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program at MTSU; daughter, Samantha Saunders, a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Virginia; brothers, Gene and Bill Sloan, both of Murfreesboro and Joe Sloan of Nashville.

It has been awhile since my last post! A lot of things have happened in the past year. The two main things is the birth of my daughter, Erin Michelle Clemmons and also my purchase of another business. Both of these things have taken alot of my time.

Last year at the reunion, we decided to move the reunion back to someone’s home instead of at the civic center. I think this is a great choice. We have also decided to change the date of the Clemmons reunion in hopes that more people would be able to attend. It seemed like there were a lot of people that traveled elsewhere over the 4th of July weekend. We moved it to the last weekend in July. It just happened that Nascar also moved their Brickyard race up one weekend to coincide with the reunion. But that is okay.

I will be updating this blog more often in hopes of keeping everyone up to date. Hopefully, others will send me their updates so that I can include them in the Clemmons Newsletter.

William Thomas Clemmons was my Great-Uncle.

Obituary from the Wayne County Press – April 21st, 2008

William Thomas Clemmons, 77, Fairfield, Dies; Was City Mail Carrier

Tom Clemmons, 77, a well-known Fairfield man, died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at his home. He had been ill with Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Mr. Clemmons had been a Fairfield city mail carrier for 25 years. After retirement he had worked at Wal-Mart.

Services Tuesday

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fairfield First Christian Church. Visitation is Monday from 6-8 p.m. (tonight) at Johnson & Vaughn Funeral Home. Burial is in Maple Hill Cemetery.

He was born April 24, 1930 in Jefferson County, the son of Earl and Mary Alice Clemmons. He married Dolores Vest August 7, 1964. She survives.

He was a member of the Fairfield First Christian Church and had served as an Elder and Deacon. He served in the U.S. Army reserves.

Mr. Clemmons was a member and co-founder of the Fairfield Coin Club and served as auctioneer for 25 years. He had served as a Fairfield alderman and Jasper Grade School Board member.

Survivors

He and Dolores had one daughter, Gina (Tony) Thomason of Keenes. Mr. Clemmons had three children from a previous marriage; Debbie (Rick) Reese of Ohio, Rand (Laura) Clemmons of San Diego, Calif., Robert (Susan) Clemmons of Fairfield; four grandsons and two granddaughters; one brother Howard (Fairfield) and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.

Memorials may be made to the Fairfield First Christian Church

My dad called me today and told me that Uncle Tom died this morning. He was born April 24th, 1930. He went with me a few times to the Clemmons Family Reunion in Lebanon Tennessee and always had wonderful stories to tell me. The picture below was taken at the Clemmons Reunion in 2005. I will miss him greatly.

Since I have somewhat caught up on the Obit Index, I have started to go back and scan the obituaries and attach them so that they can be viewed. I have uploaded the December 2007 images. I am also going to work on a way to view the obituaries by year and month. Will probably be a week or so before I can get that accomplished.