Clements David Adair 1899-1951

Clements David Adair was the fourth child born to John Washington Adair and Cynthia Jane Penrod He was born in Pinetop, Arizona on December 8, 1899. He was named Clements but everyone knew him by Clem.

He was married on December 24, 1917 in Lakeside, Arizona to Violet Helen Packer, daughter of Nephi Taylor Packer and Mazetta Penrod. They had eleven children: Edgar Clements, Kenneth Adrian, Goldie Marie, Virginia Evelyn, John Taylor, Mavis June, Millie Louise, Guy William, Wanda Irene, Marjorie Velda, and Shirley Loree.

Clem cut logs for a living. It must have been difficult labor because he used a crosscut saw. He had epilepsy and would sometimes have several seizures in one day. He took Phenobarbital to control it. Clem liked to wrestle and even required his future son-in-law, Louis Daniel, to wrestle him in order to marry his daughter, Virginia. He was also fascinated with electrical storms and enjoyed watching the lightning from his front porch.

Clem died on August 2, 1951 at the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix. Kenneth and Dell, Clem's brother, drove to Phoenix in the 1947 Chevrolet pickup to bring Clem back to Pinetop for burial.

Please feel free to contact Delbert Adair Jr. at the following address: dtadair@att.net

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