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.

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