Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthOct 11, 1917, Orange County, North Carolina24,3, Herman Clifford Atwater
DeathSep 5, 2003, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Herman Clifford Atwater
BurialGreenview Cemetery, 1004 Montgomery Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina3, Herman Clifford Atwater
OccupationFounder Of Atwater-Waynick Hosiery3, Herman Clifford Atwater
ReligionMember Of First Baptist Church3, Herman Clifford Atwater
FatherThomas Alfred ATWATER (1866-1934)
Spouses
BirthJul 15, 1920, Rockingham County, North Carolina24,470, Pearl Somers Atwater
DeathAug 11, 2012, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina470, Pearl Somers Atwater
BurialGreenview Cemetery, 1004 Montgomery Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina470, Pearl Somers Atwater
FatherIra Lawrence SOMERS (1894-1964)
Mother"Dewey" Lillie Mae DAWSON (1896-1983)
ChildrenHerman Wayne (1942-1960)
 Thomas Clifford (1949-1995)
Obituary Online notes for Herman Clifford ATWATER
9/6/2003
Herman Clifford Atwater

    REIDSVILLE — Herman Clifford Atwater, 85, of 3819 Asbury Court at Twin Lakes Burlington, N.C., died Friday September 5, 2003, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, N.C.

    Graveside services will be conducted at 4:00 p.m. Sunday in Greenview Cemetery.

    A native of Orange County, he was a son of the late Thomas Alfred and Isa Frances Fulmer Atwater and had lived most of his life in Reidsville, N.C. A founder of Atwater-Waynick Hosiery, he was a member of First Baptist Church and the Baracca Sunday school class, a member and past president of the Reidsville Rotary Club, former member of the Reidsville City Council, and had served on the Salvation Army Board of Directors. A member of the Men’s Garden Club, he was a former member of the Reidsville Chamber of Commerce, and was a member and former chairman of the Rockingham County Advisory Board of NCNB, which later became Bank of America.

    He was preceded in death by two sons, Thomas Clifford "Tommy" Atwater and Herman Wayne Atwater.

    Survivors include his wife, Pearl Somers Atwater of the home; a brother, Matthew Atwater of Chapel Hill, N.C.; two sisters, Naomi Atwater Stone of Collinsville, Va. and Frances Atwater Williams of Chapel Hill, N.C.

    The family will see friends from 5:00 till 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Citty Funeral Home and at other times will be at the home.

    Memorials may be made to Salvation Army of Reidsville, 704 Barnes St., Reidsville, N.C. 27320.3, Herman Clifford Atwater
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