Happy 100th Birthday Mr. Claimon Tyler
The Lumbee Tribe of N.C. would like to wish Mr. Claimon Tyler a very special Happy Birthday! Mr. Claimon celebrated his 100th birthday on December 26th. He is the eldest of five children born to Henry and Bertha Locklear Tyler, in the community Fairmont. Mr. Claimon married his wife, Grace, on Christmas Day in 1939. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. They also raised a grandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler sharecropped for many years. He began his first public j