As John says, some things give a song much more humanity. Here are some excerpts from the Van Buren County Democrat (I looked it up yesterday at the OFC)

Clifton T. Clowers , 102, of Wolverton Mountain, died Monday, August 15, at his home. Funeral was August 18 at Wolverton Mountain Cemetery.

He was born on October 30, 1891, at Center Ridge in Conway County, son of the late Jefferson Davis and Mary Prince Clowers. In July, 1919, he married the former Ester Bell. He was a veteran of World War I and a Deacon in Mountain View Baptist Church. He was made famous in the 1960's by the song "Wolverton Mountain," written about him and his family by his nephew, Merle Kilgore Clowers.

(this is followed by the usual list of survivors, but of interest here are daughters Virginia, now living in West Virginia, and Burlene still in Arkansas. For those few of you familiar with the geography of Arkansas, Mountain View Missionary Baptist Church is not in Mountain View, but just north of Clinton.

Burial was at Wolverton Cemetery by Bob Neal and Sons Funeral Home of Morrilton.

and finally from the Formosa community news:

Several from the community attended the funeral Thursday of Clifton Clowers of Wolverton Mountain. He had lived most of his 102 years on his farm, located on the northern edge of the mountain. He was buried in Wolverton Mountain Cemetery near his farm. He and his wife, Ester Bell Clowers had six children, and five are still living. He was one of very few surviving World War I veterans. Clifton Clowers is remembered by his neighbors for his friendly, kind, and generous deeds, but to a much larger group, he is remembered by the song his nephew wrote about him called "Wolverton Mountain."