Son of Thomas Jefferson Clowers & Mary E. Prince
His grandparents were William Erastus Prince & Eisora Gordon
Petit Jean Country Headlight newspaper - August 1994
Clowers, Clifton T. b. October 30, 1891 d. August 15, 1994
Clifton T. Clowers of Woolverton Mountain, became a Conway
County legend as a result of a popular song written by Merle
Kilgore and was performed by many artists including Bing Crosby.
The song "Woolverton Mountain," warns would-be suitors to stay
away from the mountain where Clifton Clowers was protecting his
pretty young daughter because "he's mighty handy with a gun and
a knife." He was the son of Jefferson Davis Clowers and Mary
Prince Clowers. He was a World War I veteran and a member of
the Mountain View Baptist Church where he was a deacon for
several years. Survivors at the time of his death include three
sons, Guy Clowers of Howell, Mich., Ted Clowers of Joplin, Mo.,
and Burl Clowers of Modesto, Calif.; two daughters, Virginia
Green of Hurricane, W. Va., and Burlene Moore of Clinton, Ark.;
15 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren;
14 step-great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and
six step-great-great-grandchildren. Woolverton Mountain
Cemetery, Conway County, Arkansas, USA
Note of correction: The obituary states that Clifton's father was
Jefferson Davis Clowers. His name was Thomas Jefferson Clowers.
