Fifteenth Generation

522. Clyde Thomas CLINE was born on 2 Mar 1916 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^104,305 He died on 23 Nov 1981 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.³⁰⁶ "65 year-old Clyde Thomas Cline died during surgery as the result of injuries suffered when struck by an automobile on Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard, in Hickory. Benjamin Earle Moyer, a 29 year-old from Valdese, N. C., the driver of the 1970 Oldsmobile that struck Mr. Cline, claimed that he was unable to stop in time. A ladder had fallen of the pickup driven by Mr. Cline. He stepped into the path of the automobile to retrieve the ladder. No charger were filed in the accident." [Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 24, 1981]
Clyde Cline was buried in Catawba Memorial Park, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Clyde Thomas CLINE and Bertha Mae LACKEY were married on 13 Feb 1932 in Catawba County, North Carolina.³⁰⁷ Bertha Mae LACKEY (daughter of John William LACKEY and Florence Elizabeth MACE) was born on 28 Jun 1912 in Burke County, North Carolina.¹⁰⁴ Bertha was 19 when she married 15-year old Clyde Cline. Family lore tells of first meeting Bertha. She was working on textiles in the old-converted Hickory Armory. Clyde looked up from the street and said something like, "Hey, four-eyes!" Bertha's reply was something less than positive.

She tried to shrink the distance between their ages and deliberately shortened her age by one year when she applied for her Social Security (before 1950). She stated that she was born in 1913. Her birth records in Burke County confirm that she was born in 1912.

Also, her parents were married two months after her birth and Bertha probably wished to de-stigmatize her illegitimaticy by adding the additional year. She died on 19 Jun 1996 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^104,305 Died at 7:30 PM at Lutheran Nursing Home of Hickory, where she had resided for 10 years.
She was buried on 23 Jun 1996 in Catawba Memorial Park, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. Clyde was 15 years old when he married 19 year old Bertha. She was working in textiles in the Old Converted Hickory Armory, which was The Hickory Overalls Factory at the time. Clyde looked up from the street and said something like "Hey, four eyes!" Bertha's (who wore glasses) reply was something less than positive. She tried to shrink the distance between their ages and deliberately shortened her age one year when she applied for her Social Security (before 1950). She stated that she was born in 1913. Her birth records in Burke county, North Carolina confirm that she was born in 1912. Also her parents were married two months after her birthday and Bertha probably wished to de-stigmatize her illegitimacies by adding the additional year. She resided at The Lutheran Nursing Home of Hickory where she died 19 June 1996 at 7:30 PM. She resided there for 10 years.

Clyde Thomas CLINE and Bertha Mae LACKEY had the following children: