| − | Clyde was born in Tyler to Calvin N. Clyde, Jr. (1921-2013), and the former Patsy Elizabeth Kittrell (1921-2012). He graduated in 1963 from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler. He procured a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[English]] and [[journalism]] in 1966 from [[Stephen F. Austin State University]] in [[Nacogdoches]], Texas. He was employed by ''The Amarillo Globe-News'' in [[Amarillo]] from 1966 to 1968, when he joined the staff of ''The La Porte-Bayshore Sun'' near [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/tyler-morning-telegraph-publisher-nelson-clyde-iii-dies/|title=''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' Publisher Nelson Clyde, III, Dies|publisher=Editor and Publisher.com|date=August 30, 2007|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}</ref> | + | Clyde was born in Tyler to Calvin N. Clyde, Jr. (1921-2013), and the former Patsy Elizabeth Kittrell (1921-2012). He graduated in 1963 from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler. He procured a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[English]] and [[journalism]] in 1966 from [[Stephen F. Austin State University]] in [[Nacogdoches]], Texas. He was employed by ''The Amarillo Globe-News'' in [[Amarillo]] from 1966 to 1968, when he joined the staff of ''The La Porte-Bayshore Sun'' near [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=obit>"Tyler Morning Telegraph'' Publisher Nelson Clyde, III, Dies," ''The Tyler Morning Telegraph,'' August 30, 2020. |