====== Byron Hudson Clarke ======

Son of William Farmer Clarke and Gertrude Randall, Byron Hudson Clarke was born on January 25, 1909, in Franklin County, Georgia.

Byron Hudson Clarke married Alice Frances Farr (b. October 14, 1918 – d. March 4, 2004).

As a child, Byron had the mumps - and developed a complication called “[[http://www.webmd.com/men/inflammation-testicle-orchitis|Orchitis]]”. This complication led to sterility. Consequently, Byron and Alice never had any children. 

According to Byron's nephew, [[walter_clarke_randall|Walter Clarke Randall]], Byron described having witnessed several terrible atrocities in the Pacific theater of WWII committed by Japanese troops. One example, seen in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_massacre|Manila Massacre]], was the common practice of where Japanese soldiers had driven bamboo stakes into the ground through women's vaginas (identical to those described in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre|Nanking Massacres]]). Byron described having seen an entire acre of women staked to the ground in this manner. Some women, still alive, were struggling to pull the stakes out of the ground. Consequently, this led Byron to hold a deep resentment toward the Japanese people. He avoided buying Japanese made products... especially automobiles. 

Byron Hudson Clarke died on December 31, 1990… at age 81… after suffering a stroke.