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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>CLOWER FAMILY</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; The Clower family at Biloxi, Mississippi had its origins in Scott County, Mississippi where Josiah C. Clower (1859-1930) and the children of Thomas H. Clower (1838-1906), his brother, would settle on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the 1890s and early 1900s.&nbsp; J.C. Clower was the first to arrive and was followed by Mary J. &lsquo;Molly&rsquo; Robbins Clower (1855-1930+) and her children.&nbsp; Molly was the widow of Thomas H. Clower.&nbsp; Thomas S. Clower and John Robbins Clower, her sons, would be long time business partners in the retail furniture business at Biloxi and Gulfport with J.C. Clower, their uncle.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Josiah C. Clower</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; Josiah Coger Clower (1859-1930) was born on November 22, 1859, at Hillsboro, &nbsp;Scott County, Mississippi to John K. Clower (1820-1880+) and Mary Addison (1813-1880+).&nbsp; Circa 1890, J.C. Clower married Mary Thornton (1866-1963), also a Mississippi native.&nbsp; Their children were: Jessie Lee Clower (1891-1971) m. Sergeant Major Robert Laurie Brinson (1887-1967); Aida Clower (1895-1990) m. James L. Yates (1889-1975); and Maybelle T. Clower (1898-1973) m. &nbsp;Amos Lamar Byrd (1896-1988).&nbsp; In 1900, Bonnie Clower (1882-), a niece and the daughter of Thomas H. Clower (1838-1906), lived with the J.C. Clower family on Front Street [Beach Boulevard] at Biloxi, Mississippi.(1900 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census T623_808, p. 1A, ED 31 and The Biloxi Daily Herald, 1902, p. 59)</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Jessie T. Clower</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Children: Joe Mill Brinson; Robert L. Brinson II;&nbsp; Woodruff Brinson<strong>.</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Religion and Politics</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Clower family was devoted to the Methodist Church and was probably one of its earlier supporters at Biloxi.&nbsp; Even in his incipient days on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Josiah C. Clower was involved in his religion.&nbsp; In May 1895, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Seashore Campground, at the time west of Biloxi, with Dr. E.F. Griffin, J.L. Dantzler, and J.A. McLeod.<em>(The Biloxi Herald, May 4, 1895, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Biloxi Store</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;J.C. Clower was in the <strong><em>&lsquo;plain and fancy furniture and house furnishings business&rsquo;</em></strong> at Biloxi, Mississippi as early as 1895.&nbsp; At this time, salient characteristics of persona were evident in the community as he was described in 1902 as: <strong><em>&lsquo;a through business man, a careful financier, and punctual in all his methods&rsquo;</em></strong>.&nbsp; Mr. Clower was also a civic dynamo and an entrepreneur of the first magnitude.&nbsp; In his early years at Biloxi, he belonged to the Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, and the Biloxi Commercial Club<em>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, 1902, p. 59)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <em>The Biloxi Herald</em> lauded the Clower furniture store in September 1895 as follows:&nbsp; <strong><em>Those contemplating making purchases of furniture and house furnishing goods can find no better place than the large store of J.C. Clower where the stock is large and complete and prices right.&nbsp; Buying for cash direct from the factories, he can compete with the large New Orleans&rsquo; merchants</em></strong><em>.(The Biloxi Herald, September 28, 1895, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Gulfport Store</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;In November 1911, J.C. Clower opened another furniture store in Gulfport, Mississippi.&nbsp; It was located at 1311 26<sup>th</sup> Avenue.&nbsp; The company organization was as follows: J.C. Clower, president; Thomas S. Clower, secretary; and John R. Clower, treasurer.&nbsp; They sold carpets, matting, rugs, linoleum, house and office furniture, stoves, ranges, and furnishing and fixtures of every description.<em>(The Daily Herald, September 26, 1912, p. 11)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Malcolm G. Clower</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Malcolm Graham Clower (1881-1957) was born in Scott County, Mississippi on January 27, 1881.&nbsp; His parents were Thomas H. Clower (1838-1906), an Alabama native, and Mary J. &lsquo;Molly&rsquo; Robbins (1855-1930+), a Mississippi lady.&nbsp; In 1900, the Clowers were farming for their livelihood in Beat 1, Scott County, Mississippi.(1900 Scott Co., Mississippi Federal Census T623_827, p. 18A, ED 88)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;After the demise of Thomas H. Clower in mid-November 1906, at Hillsboro, Scott County, Mississippi, Molly Robbins Clower relocated the family to Biloxi, Mississippi.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>440 East Howard Avenue</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; ">Malcolm died August 1, 1957.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Elizabeth Latimer Clower</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong><u>The Biloxi Daily Herald, Business and Professional Men</u></strong>, (The Biloxi Daily Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-1902).</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><u>The Daily Herald 50<sup>th</sup> Golden Jubilee Number Biographical and Historical 1884-1934</u></strong>, (The Daily Herald: Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi-1934).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison Co., Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 11489<strong>, &lsquo;The Estate of J.C. Clower</strong>-February-1930.[Will Bk. 6, p. 268]</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><em>Journals</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;&rdquo;</strong>,</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Seashore District Conference&rdquo;</strong>, May 4, 1895.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Purely personal&rdquo;</strong>, September 14, 1895.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Local City News&rdquo;</strong>, September 28, 1895.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Local City News&rdquo;</strong>, July 25, 1896.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Local City News&rdquo;</strong>, February 6, 1897.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Reader&rdquo;</strong>, November 7, 1900.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;</strong>, November 15, 1906.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Biloxi Machine Works will apply for Charter&rdquo;</strong>, February 26, 1910.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Cleophan entertained&rdquo;</strong>, April 12, 1911.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Furniture business sold to Biloxian&rdquo;</strong>, October 24, 1911.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Charter of Incorporation of the J.C. Clower Furniture Company&rdquo;</strong>, November 24, 1911.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;J.C. Clower Furniture Company&rdquo;</strong>, September 26, 1912.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Removal sale-Goods at cost&rdquo;</strong>, December 28, 1912.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Morgan now sole owner of store&rdquo;</strong>, March 17, 1913.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;New furniture store in Biloxi&rdquo;</strong>, October 10, 1913</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Stockholder and annual meeting&rdquo;</strong>, January 11, 1916.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Bank of Gulfport&rdquo;</strong>, March 17, 1917.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Chairman Tremmel names auto&rdquo;</strong>, May 5, 1918.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Brinson-Clower wedding&rdquo;</strong>, November 29, 1918.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Charter of Incorporation of the Gulf Park College&rdquo;</strong>, May 22, 1919.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Miss Hicks gets $800 judgment&rdquo;</strong>, April 20, 1922.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Judgment rendered against &nbsp;G. &amp; M.C.T. Co. awarded&rdquo;</strong>, April 21, 1922.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Rushing work on syrup company&rdquo;</strong>, October 27, 1921.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Cane growers dissatisfied&rdquo;</strong>, September 16, 1922.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Charter of Incorporation of the Mississippi Cane Syrup Company&rdquo;</strong>, October 22, 1922.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Mrs. Latimer buried&rdquo;</strong>, April 11, 1932.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Henry E. Latimer died last night&rdquo;</strong>, March 22, 1941.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><em>The Times Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Plan inter-city Kiwanis rally&rdquo;</strong>, January 12, 1924.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Biloxi bank names D.J. Gay president&rdquo;</strong>, January 18, 1924.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Yates-Clower&rdquo;</strong>, September 7, 1926.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Superior Oil Company of Gulfport&rdquo;</strong>, January 31, 1929.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Clower Family Notes</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Malcolm G. Clower (1881-1957) d. August 1, 1957.</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>&nbsp;Thomas H. Clower , buried July 16, 1969.</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>MC&nbsp; Clower-December 14, 1967.</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Mary Clower-October 13, 1962.</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Joseph Clower-February 19, 1944.</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Molly Robbins Clower</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Fifth Addition- Blk 13, Lots 282-307</strong></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Josiah H. Clower&nbsp; (1859-1930)-</strong>died January 30, 1930.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Mary Thornton Clower (1866-1963)</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>James Lewis Yates (1889-1975)</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Aida Clower Yates (1895-1990)</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Amos Lamar Byrd (1897*-1988)</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>October 1, 1896&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; February 29, 1988 </strong>[<strong>*</strong>military burial marker does not agree with birth year on tombstone]</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Maybelle Clower Byrd (1898-1973)</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Fifth Addition- Blk 13, Lots 282-307</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Josiah H. Clower&nbsp; (1859-1930)-</strong>died January 30, 1930.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Mary Thornton Clower (1866-1963)</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>James Lewis Yates (1889-1975)</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Aida Clower Yates (1895-1990)</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Amos Lamar Byrd (1897*-1988)</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>October 1, 1896&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; February 29, 1988 </strong>[<strong>*</strong>military burial marker does not agree with birth year on tombstone]</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Maybelle Clower Byrd (1898-1973)</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Another Clower plot that I found</strong></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; "><strong>Joseph Coga Clower</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>September 26, 1894&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; February 17, 1964</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Catherine Foxworth Clower</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>June 7, 1897 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; September 23, 1981</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Charles D. Clower</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>May 30, 1951&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; December 2, 1993</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Lois W. Dennis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>July 13, 1896&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;November 11, 1972&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></span></span></p>
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