Earl
and Mary Finley came to the Fairview community in December 1926.
Their son, Clifton, was fourteen years old at the time and was
enrolled in the Fairview School. Clifton did not think he was
getting the type of education that he needed, so he convinced
his parents to transfer him to the school in Sudan. Clifton graduated
from Sudan in 1931 after eleven years of schooling. Clifton served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Owetha Clark
on December 17, 1946. Owetha Clark taught first or third grade
at Sudan Elementary school for three or four years. Miss Clark
considered the third grade her favorite class to teach.