UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Clyde was born in Neshoba County, MS. He was the first of four children born to John Simpson Jeffries and Minnie Lee Evans. Clyde worked in Mississippi as an itinerant farmer, laborer, heavy machinery operator and occasionally as a musician at local events and country dances. His wife Nellie always said he could play any instrument he could pick up. He in fact met Nellie Cole at a country barn dance. Clyde and Nellie fell in love and were married on Sept. 29, 1928 in Washeyton County, Mississippi according to the marriage certificate.
In early 1940, Clyde, Nellie and four children were enumerated as living near Bolivar, Mississippi in the 1940 US Census (daughter Lydia Geneva had not been born yet). Later, Oct. 16, 1940, Clyde was required to register for the draft. On the draft registration card he notes his current address was "R.J. D1, Luxora, Mississippi County, Arkansas" and then notes his employer was "R.J. Seagraves & Son" an area farm/plantation. Later in the year Clyde was severely beaten and suffered serious back, chest and internal injuries. The local doctor told them he needed to go to Memphis for specialized medical care, which he and Nellie could not afford. He chose to stay home and try to heal up, but ultimately succumbed to the injuries and died December 29, 1940.
Children include:
-Mattie Virginia Jeffries (died in 1943)
-Harold "Buddy" Jeffries (died in 1995)
-Clyde Burgess Jeffries (died in 2000)
-Mary Lou Jeffries Jones (died in 2003)
-Lydia Geneva Jeffries Okamura
Clyde's death was devastating to the family.
In early 1940, Clyde, Nellie and four children were enumerated as living near Bolivar, Mississippi in the 1940 US Census (daughter Lydia Geneva had not been born yet). Later, Oct. 16, 1940, Clyde was required to register for the draft. On the draft registration card he notes his current address was "R.J. D1, Luxora, Mississippi County, Arkansas" and then notes his employer was "R.J. Seagraves & Son" an area farm/plantation. Later in the year Clyde was severely beaten and suffered serious back, chest and internal injuries. The local doctor told them he needed to go to Memphis for specialized medical care, which he and Nellie could not afford. He chose to stay home and try to heal up, but ultimately succumbed to the injuries and died December 29, 1940.
Children include:
-Mattie Virginia Jeffries (died in 1943)
-Harold "Buddy" Jeffries (died in 1995)
-Clyde Burgess Jeffries (died in 2000)
-Mary Lou Jeffries Jones (died in 2003)
-Lydia Geneva Jeffries Okamura
Clyde's death was devastating to the family.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Clyde was born in Neshoba County, MS. He was the first of four children born to John Simpson Jeffries and Minnie Lee Evans. Clyde worked in Mississippi as an itinerant farmer, laborer, heavy machinery operator and occasionally as a musician at local events and country dances. His wife Nellie always said he could play any instrument he could pick up. He in fact met Nellie Cole at a country barn dance. Clyde and Nellie fell in love and were married on Sept. 29, 1928 in Washeyton County, Mississippi according to the marriage certificate.
In early 1940, Clyde, Nellie and four children were enumerated as living near Bolivar, Mississippi in the 1940 US Census (daughter Lydia Geneva had not been born yet). Later, Oct. 16, 1940, Clyde was required to register for the draft. On the draft registration card he notes his current address was "R.J. D1, Luxora, Mississippi County, Arkansas" and then notes his employer was "R.J. Seagraves & Son" an area farm/plantation. Later in the year Clyde was severely beaten and suffered serious back, chest and internal injuries. The local doctor told them he needed to go to Memphis for specialized medical care, which he and Nellie could not afford. He chose to stay home and try to heal up, but ultimately succumbed to the injuries and died December 29, 1940.
Children include:
-Mattie Virginia Jeffries (died in 1943)
-Harold "Buddy" Jeffries (died in 1995)
-Clyde Burgess Jeffries (died in 2000)
-Mary Lou Jeffries Jones (died in 2003)
-Lydia Geneva Jeffries Okamura
Clyde's death was devastating to the family.
In early 1940, Clyde, Nellie and four children were enumerated as living near Bolivar, Mississippi in the 1940 US Census (daughter Lydia Geneva had not been born yet). Later, Oct. 16, 1940, Clyde was required to register for the draft. On the draft registration card he notes his current address was "R.J. D1, Luxora, Mississippi County, Arkansas" and then notes his employer was "R.J. Seagraves & Son" an area farm/plantation. Later in the year Clyde was severely beaten and suffered serious back, chest and internal injuries. The local doctor told them he needed to go to Memphis for specialized medical care, which he and Nellie could not afford. He chose to stay home and try to heal up, but ultimately succumbed to the injuries and died December 29, 1940.
Children include:
-Mattie Virginia Jeffries (died in 1943)
-Harold "Buddy" Jeffries (died in 1995)
-Clyde Burgess Jeffries (died in 2000)
-Mary Lou Jeffries Jones (died in 2003)
-Lydia Geneva Jeffries Okamura
Clyde's death was devastating to the family.
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on the same stone with his daughter Mattie Virginia
