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Descendants of William Southers

Generation No. 5

31. ETHEL⁵ SOUTHERS (JOHN THOMAS⁴, PHOEBE L.³, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born Private. She married EDWARD BEVERLY Private, son of PIERCE BEVERLY and MARY ROBINSON. He was born 1909, and died Unknown.

More About EDWARD BEVERLY and ETHEL SOUTHERS:
Private-Begin: Private

Children of ETHEL SOUTHERS and EDWARD BEVERLY are:

65.	i.		JAKE A.⁶ SOUTHERS, b. March 23, 1922; d. June 21, 1999, Staunton, VA.
	ii.		MYRTLE SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. DAVID TYREE, Private; b. Private.

More About DAVID TYREE and MYRTLE SOUTHERS:
Private-Begin: Private

32. CLAUDE T.⁵ SOUTHERS (JOHN THOMAS⁴, PHOEBE L.³, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born February 29, 1912, and died April 1985 in Buena Vista, VA. He married ZELLA ROBINSON March 05, 1935 in Buena Vista, Va, daughter of CHARLES ROBINSON and NANCY H. She was born November 07, 1912, and died February 20, 2001 in Buena Vista, VA.

Notes for CLAUDE T. SOUTHERS:
Due to the quirk of having been born on a leap day, Claude died at the age of 73, having only been able to celebrate eighteen birthdays.

More About CLAUDE T. SOUTHERS:
SSDI Last Residence: Buena Vista, VA

More About ZELLA ROBINSON:
SSDI Last Residence: Buena Vista, VA

More About CLAUDE SOUTHERS and ZELLA ROBINSON:
Marriage: March 05, 1935, Buena Vista, Va

Children of CLAUDE SOUTHERS and ZELLA ROBINSON are:

66.	i.		ROY⁶ SOUTHERS, b. Private.
	ii.		PEGGY VIOLA SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. JESSE HILL, Private; b. Private.

More About JESSE HILL and PEGGY SOUTHERS:
Private-Begin: Private

iii.

NANCY SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. WILLIAM DUDLEY, Private; b. Private.

More About WILLIAM DUDLEY and NANCY SOUTHERS:
Private-Begin: Private

33. WILLIAM EDWARD⁵ SOUTHERS (JAMES DILLARD⁴, PHOEBE L.³, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born 1891, and died 1964. He married BLANCHE VIRGINIA CAMPER. She was born July 04, 1893, and died March 22, 1977.

Notes for WILLIAM EDWARD SOUTHERS:
William Ed ran a store at the bottom of the mountain in Buena Vista, Virginia.

More About WILLIAM EDWARD SOUTHERS:
Burial Location: Neriah Baptist Church in Rockbridge County
Medical Condition: Diabetes

Notes for BLANCHE VIRGINIA CAMPER:
Twilla Kent recalls Blanche being mean.

More About BLANCHE VIRGINIA CAMPER:
Burial Location: Neriah Baptist Church in Rockbridge County

Children of WILLIAM SOUTHERS and BLANCHE CAMPER are:

HELEN⁶ SOUTHERS, b. August 08, 1911; d. February 05, 1966, Buena Vista, VA; m. WILLIAM TOMLIN, Private; b. Private.

More About WILLIAM TOMLIN and HELEN SOUTHERS:
Private-Begin: Private

67.	ii.	GARNET SOUTHERS, b. February 24, 1913; d. December 1978, Buena Vista, VA.
68.	iii.	CARROLL CHASE SOUTHERS, b. March 28, 1915; d. October 12, 1989, Vincennes, Indiana.
	iv.	WILLIAM AULBRA SOUTHERS, b. 1916; d. 1980, Buena Vista, VA; m. (1) DORA HENSON, Private; b. Private; m. (2) MAZIE I CLARK, 1953, Rockbridge Co. VA; b. May 06, 1931; d. December 12, 1992, Buena Vista, VA.

More About WILLIAM SOUTHERS and DORA HENSON:
Private-Begin: Private

More About WILLIAM SOUTHERS and MAZIE CLARK:
Marriage: 1953, Rockbridge Co. VA

	v.	NORMAN E SOUTHERS, b. 1919; d. 1920.
69.	vi.	HERMAN LEE SOUTHERS, b. May 11, 1926, Buena Vista, VA; d. January 22, 2005, Buena Vista, VA.
	vii.	KENNETH SOUTHERS, b. September 19, 1932; d. September 27, 2000, Buena Vista, VA; m. GERALDINE FLINT, Private; b. Private.

More About KENNETH SOUTHERS and GERALDINE FLINT:
Private-Begin: Private

viii.

EDITH LOIS SOUTHERS, b. Private; m. ELWOOD BURCH, Private; b. Private.

More About ELWOOD BURCH and EDITH SOUTHERS:
Private-Begin: Private

ix.

LEWIS SOUTHERS, b. August 16, 1923; d. January 1972, Clifton Forge, Virginia; m. LESLIE BRIMINGHAM, 1941, Rockbridge Co. VA; b. February 12, 1922; d. March 09, 1999, Clifton Forge, Virginia.

More About LEWIS SOUTHERS and LESLIE BRIMINGHAM:
Marriage: 1941, Rockbridge Co. VA

34. CALVIN DILLARD⁵ SOUTHERS (JAMES DILLARD⁴, PHOEBE L.³, ROBERT², WILLIAM¹) was born August 12, 1892 in Buena Vista, VA, and died October 10, 1955 in Shenandoah, Virginia. He married (1) CORA LEE CLARK October 1913, daughter of JAMES CLARK and JENNIE SOUTHERS. She was born January 28, 1893 in Rockbridge Co, VA, and died July 08, 1918 in Rockbridge Co, VA. He married (2) SUSIE CLEM November 17, 1919. She was born March 19, 1894 in Shenandoah, VA/Shenandoah, Page Co., VA, and died September 18, 1945 in Shenandoah, VA. He married (3) MARY Private. She was born Private.

Notes for CALVIN DILLARD SOUTHERS:
Notes from Christopher Southers:

Cal was born and raised in Riverside, Virginia. He began working on the Norfolk and Western Railroad when he was about nine or ten years old. The men would give him change to help out. Eventually he was hired on.

Cal worked as a boilermaker for the Norfolk & Western Railroad. He was a gentle man who loved children, making sure that they always ate first in his house. People came from everywhere just to talk to him.

(See note under CHRISTINE GORDON)

Calvin loved children. Would get sad and drunk after Susie died. "Leave me be". Would have kids eat first at dinner. 5'9", curly brown red tinted hair, bald in back as he got older. Cal had curly hair, strong but not a big man. Fingers looked funny. Died of heart disease. Limp on each wrist. 150 lbs. Gave impression of a big man. Talked quiet. Didn't argue. Wanted to drink at home. Would take Susie her first coffee in bed. His first cup he drank from the saucer. Drank black coffee. Very respectful.

As Susie reached her final days, Cal moved around as if he was in a dream. Doc gave her a 'kill or cure' shot with Cal's okay. She had been nearly comatose for three weeks.

The railroad got the message to Cal when his mother died.

Cal went to bed at nine every night after listening to the news on the radio, just like his daddy.

Cal enlisted in the Army during World War I, but was only in a few months. He was called back home and allowed a discharge because his wife Cora was dying of tuberculosis.

More About CALVIN DILLARD SOUTHERS:
Burial: October 14, 1955, Shenandoah Methodist Church in Shenandoah (Page Co.), Virginia
Religion: Baptist

Notes for CORA LEE CLARK:
Cora's epitaph reads 'Beautiful, lovely, she was but given, A fair bud to earth to blossom in heaven.'

More About CORA LEE CLARK:
Burial: Unknown, Neriah Baptist Church in Rockbridge County
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

More About CALVIN SOUTHERS and CORA CLARK:
Marriage: October 1913

Notes for SUSIE CLEM:
Notes from Christopher Southers:

Susie was working as a nurse on Irish Creek when she met Cal. Roslyn Southers remembers her being a great cook. Whenever the Southers' went to Riverside, Susie did the cooking.

Susie wasn't a talker. Could be at home for two days and she wouldn't say anything. Peaceful presence. Her favorite was Amos.

Susie went to the hospital for radiation treatments. Stomach and back were burned brown.

2 days before her death, she couldn't / wouldn't talk, but you could see in her eyes that she was aware.

Dr. Shuler gave her a 'kill or cure' shot, in effect, euthanasia. She died immediately. Pal, their dog, howled and howled.

The Clem's came across as reserved, decent and stoic. Most people liked them.

Susie was very protective of Rose.

Susie died of cervical cancer. She had radium treatments that burned her stomach and back. Doc gave her a 'kill or cure' shot with Cal's okay. She had been nearly comatose for three weeks, though Rose remembers her eyes would follow you.

More About SUSIE CLEM:
Burial: Unknown, Shenandoah Methodist Church in Shenandoah (Page Co.), Virginia
Cause of Death: cervical cancer

More About CALVIN SOUTHERS and SUSIE CLEM:
Marriage: November 17, 1919

More About CALVIN SOUTHERS and MARY:
Private-Begin: Private

Children of CALVIN SOUTHERS and SUSIE CLEM are:

70.	i.	DILLARD EUGENE⁶ SOUTHERS, b. January 09, 1921, Shenandoah, VA; d. August 19, 2001, Pinehurst, NC.
71.	ii.	EVA IRENE SOUTHERS, b. December 06, 1922, Shenandoah, VA; d. April 11, 1991, York, SC.
	iii.	JOSEPH CALVIN SOUTHERS, b. August 14, 1926; d. December 06, 1954.

Notes for JOSEPH CALVIN SOUTHERS:
Joe worked on the Norfolk & Western Railroad. A lineman, worked on the signal gang.

Joe was an Infantryman in World War II. He was killed when a drunk driver ran his car off of a bridge as he was driving his fianc�e Francis Woods to her job in Christianburg, Virginia.

Joe had a bald spot in the back of his head that got bigger as he got older. Amos identified Joe by his bald spot after Joe's accident.

Joe went down to the cornfield where 'Widder' Ryan and her men would have sex. Joe would later ask her "how the corn was". Ms. Ryan was a near neighbor. Would come out at night and cuss Joe. Joe was interested in her daughter.

There was a three legged dog that Joe was suppossed to kill. He took it into the woods and didn't kill it. He'd carry it around to go hunting.

Joe enlisted in January 1942 with Newton Armentrout & Hunter Long Jr..

Joe had some narrow escapes in France. Spoke of French girls.

Joe joined the Army. Infantry then Tankers. Had a tank blown out from underneath him by the Germans.

The last time Rose saw Joe he gave her two $50 bills. Told her that if she had it, pay it back, if not, it was hers.

Joe lived in Radford with the signal gang.

Joe left Christiansburg with his fiancee Francis Woods, who had to be at her job as a nurse in Roanoke by three. Snow began to fall. Ahead of them on the highway was a car full of teenagers that appeared to be drinking. They kept blocking him when he tried to pass. Joe grew impatient and tried again. It's unknown if the other car cut him off or if he simply lost control, but the car lost traction and began to skid sideways into a river bridge. An eyewitness reported that it looked like Francis' side of the car was going to take the impact, but then "like a mighty hand had turned it", the car spun around. Joe's side impacted first and the car went through the bridge, down into the icy river. Joe was killed immediately. The other car never stopped.

At the time Joe was working as a signalman for the N & W Railroad. During the week, he would live in Radford in a modified boxcar with his fellow workers. They had indoor plumbing and heat and Joe took it in stride. He was well liked at the railroad and made many friends. One of these friends approached Cal at the funeral. Joe had made it a habit most evenings to come in and say a few words to him before going to bed. Joe had done just this on the night of December 5th. It wasn't until later that the man received word that Joe had been killed earlier that day.

More About JOSEPH CALVIN SOUTHERS:
Burial: Unknown, Shenandoah Methodist Church Cemetery, Shenandoah, Virginia

	iv.	INFANT SOUTHERS, b. Private.
	v.	INFANT SOUTHERS, b. Private.
72.	vi.	AMOS BENJAMIN SOUTHERS, b. May 30, 1929; d. June 29, 2001, Union Bridge, Maryland.
73.	vii.	ROSLYN MARIE SOUTHERS, b. Private.

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