Robert Ernest Clements
Rites for Robert Ernest Clements, 85, of 1113 5th Ave. SE, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Padgett C. Cope officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Brown directing. The body will remain at the funeral home until time for burial.
Mr. Clements died Wednesday night about 10:30 at Haleyville Rest Home in Haleyville, Ala, after being a patient there about five weeks.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lillie McGar, Decatur; two sons, Pat and James, both of Decatur; two brothers, Charlie and Onnie Clements, both of Morgan County; and one sister, Miss Clara Clements.
DECATUR DAILY - September 11, 1958
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Dock Clements is the father of the Nancy Clemons that had an affair with Augustus "Gus" Edmondson that led to him murdering his wife, Mollie Winton. Dock is the husband of Amanda Lowry Clements, also buried this cemetery. Dock and Amanda's son, Robert "Bobby" Clements or Clemons was the person falsely accused of the murder of Tom Edmondson's family and the burning of their home. It was later revealed that Robert was not to blame and he was released from prison. Robert and his wife, Ida Cook, are buried at Roselawn in Decatur.
Gus Edmondson story is in Tid-Bits Volume I. Bob Clements story is in Volume III. These books are available at Morgan County Archives.
Rites for Robert Ernest Clements, 85, of 1113 5th Ave. SE, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Padgett C. Cope officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Brown directing. The body will remain at the funeral home until time for burial.
Mr. Clements died Wednesday night about 10:30 at Haleyville Rest Home in Haleyville, Ala, after being a patient there about five weeks.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lillie McGar, Decatur; two sons, Pat and James, both of Decatur; two brothers, Charlie and Onnie Clements, both of Morgan County; and one sister, Miss Clara Clements.
DECATUR DAILY - September 11, 1958
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Dock Clements is the father of the Nancy Clemons that had an affair with Augustus "Gus" Edmondson that led to him murdering his wife, Mollie Winton. Dock is the husband of Amanda Lowry Clements, also buried this cemetery. Dock and Amanda's son, Robert "Bobby" Clements or Clemons was the person falsely accused of the murder of Tom Edmondson's family and the burning of their home. It was later revealed that Robert was not to blame and he was released from prison. Robert and his wife, Ida Cook, are buried at Roselawn in Decatur.
Gus Edmondson story is in Tid-Bits Volume I. Bob Clements story is in Volume III. These books are available at Morgan County Archives.
Robert Ernest Clements
Rites for Robert Ernest Clements, 85, of 1113 5th Ave. SE, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Padgett C. Cope officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Brown directing. The body will remain at the funeral home until time for burial.
Mr. Clements died Wednesday night about 10:30 at Haleyville Rest Home in Haleyville, Ala, after being a patient there about five weeks.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lillie McGar, Decatur; two sons, Pat and James, both of Decatur; two brothers, Charlie and Onnie Clements, both of Morgan County; and one sister, Miss Clara Clements.
DECATUR DAILY - September 11, 1958
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Dock Clements is the father of the Nancy Clemons that had an affair with Augustus "Gus" Edmondson that led to him murdering his wife, Mollie Winton. Dock is the husband of Amanda Lowry Clements, also buried this cemetery. Dock and Amanda's son, Robert "Bobby" Clements or Clemons was the person falsely accused of the murder of Tom Edmondson's family and the burning of their home. It was later revealed that Robert was not to blame and he was released from prison. Robert and his wife, Ida Cook, are buried at Roselawn in Decatur.
Gus Edmondson story is in Tid-Bits Volume I. Bob Clements story is in Volume III. These books are available at Morgan County Archives.
Rites for Robert Ernest Clements, 85, of 1113 5th Ave. SE, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Padgett C. Cope officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Brown directing. The body will remain at the funeral home until time for burial.
Mr. Clements died Wednesday night about 10:30 at Haleyville Rest Home in Haleyville, Ala, after being a patient there about five weeks.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lillie McGar, Decatur; two sons, Pat and James, both of Decatur; two brothers, Charlie and Onnie Clements, both of Morgan County; and one sister, Miss Clara Clements.
DECATUR DAILY - September 11, 1958
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Dock Clements is the father of the Nancy Clemons that had an affair with Augustus "Gus" Edmondson that led to him murdering his wife, Mollie Winton. Dock is the husband of Amanda Lowry Clements, also buried this cemetery. Dock and Amanda's son, Robert "Bobby" Clements or Clemons was the person falsely accused of the murder of Tom Edmondson's family and the burning of their home. It was later revealed that Robert was not to blame and he was released from prison. Robert and his wife, Ida Cook, are buried at Roselawn in Decatur.
Gus Edmondson story is in Tid-Bits Volume I. Bob Clements story is in Volume III. These books are available at Morgan County Archives.
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