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| spouse=Sharon Ann "Sherry" Ferrel Clyde<br>
| spouse=Sharon Ann "Sherry" Ferrel Clyde<br>
'''Children ''':<br>
'''Children ''':<br>
Nelson Clyde, IV<br>
Andrew Ferrell Clyde<br>
Andrew Ferrell Clyde<br>
John Kittrell Clyde<br>
John Kittrell Clyde<br>
==Background==
==Background==
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.
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.</ref>
==Career==
==Career==
In 1969, Clyde returned to Tyler and worked in circulation, [[advertising]], production, and purchasing for ''Thpublisher=Questia.com|ace Morning Telegraph.'' On July 20, 1980, at the age of thirty-four was named editor of the paper, a position that he held until December 18, 1990, when he was elevated to publisher.<ref name=obit/>He was also president of the T. B. Butler Publishing Company<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-168365334/tyler-morning-telegraph-publisher-nelson-clyde-iii|title=''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' Publisher Nelson Clyde, III, Dies|date=August 30, 2007|accessdate=May 29, 2020; under pay wall}}</ref>
In 1969, Clyde returned to Tyler and worked in circulation, [[advertising]], production, and purchasing for ''Thpublisher=Questia.com|ace Morning Telegraph.'' On July 20, 1980, at the age of thirty-four was named editor of the paper, a position that he held until December 18, 1990, when he was elevated to publisher.<ref name=obit/>He was also president of the T. B. Butler Publishing Company<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-168365334/tyler-morning-telegraph-publisher-nelson-clyde-iii|title=''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' Publisher Nelson Clyde, III, Dies|date=August 30, 2007|accessdate=May 29, 2020; under pay wall}}</ref>