Edna J. (Wilson) Clay, 91, died Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Nickie Clay of Beckley, following a long illness.
Born on April 22, 1915, in Morehead, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Alvin Lee and Mary Stidham Wilson.
Mrs. Clay was a homemaker and a loving mother. She attended Herndon High School and was a charter member of Sweet Home Baptist Church in Maben. she was a descendant of the Wilson family that founded Morehead State College in Morehead, Ky.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vern W. Clay; two sons, Thomas Lee Haynes and Terry Clay; three sisters, Cora edmonds; Opal Mills and Maxine Bower; and three brothers, Estil Wilson; Lacy Wilson; and Alvin Wilson.
Those left to cherish her memory include a daughter, Wanda C. Clay and her husband, Charles, of Hernando, Fla.; four sons, Vern W. Clay Jr. and his wife, Betty, of Labanon, Tenn.; William Robert Clay and his wife, Carol, of Fort Myers, Fla.; Kenneth D. Clay and his wife, Nickie, of Beckley; Dallas L. Clay and his wife, Nina, of Beckley; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; a sister, Joyce Akers of Greenville, S.C.; and a special care giver, Nancy Pachuta of Beckley. She is also suvived by special friends Regina na Bo Sizemore of Saulsville.
Service will be 2:p.m. Thursday at Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel, Mullens, with the Rev. Larry England and the rev. Vernon Sears officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.
Born on April 22, 1915, in Morehead, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Alvin Lee and Mary Stidham Wilson.
Mrs. Clay was a homemaker and a loving mother. She attended Herndon High School and was a charter member of Sweet Home Baptist Church in Maben. she was a descendant of the Wilson family that founded Morehead State College in Morehead, Ky.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vern W. Clay; two sons, Thomas Lee Haynes and Terry Clay; three sisters, Cora edmonds; Opal Mills and Maxine Bower; and three brothers, Estil Wilson; Lacy Wilson; and Alvin Wilson.
Those left to cherish her memory include a daughter, Wanda C. Clay and her husband, Charles, of Hernando, Fla.; four sons, Vern W. Clay Jr. and his wife, Betty, of Labanon, Tenn.; William Robert Clay and his wife, Carol, of Fort Myers, Fla.; Kenneth D. Clay and his wife, Nickie, of Beckley; Dallas L. Clay and his wife, Nina, of Beckley; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; a sister, Joyce Akers of Greenville, S.C.; and a special care giver, Nancy Pachuta of Beckley. She is also suvived by special friends Regina na Bo Sizemore of Saulsville.
Service will be 2:p.m. Thursday at Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel, Mullens, with the Rev. Larry England and the rev. Vernon Sears officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.
Edna J. (Wilson) Clay, 91, died Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Nickie Clay of Beckley, following a long illness.
Born on April 22, 1915, in Morehead, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Alvin Lee and Mary Stidham Wilson.
Mrs. Clay was a homemaker and a loving mother. She attended Herndon High School and was a charter member of Sweet Home Baptist Church in Maben. she was a descendant of the Wilson family that founded Morehead State College in Morehead, Ky.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vern W. Clay; two sons, Thomas Lee Haynes and Terry Clay; three sisters, Cora edmonds; Opal Mills and Maxine Bower; and three brothers, Estil Wilson; Lacy Wilson; and Alvin Wilson.
Those left to cherish her memory include a daughter, Wanda C. Clay and her husband, Charles, of Hernando, Fla.; four sons, Vern W. Clay Jr. and his wife, Betty, of Labanon, Tenn.; William Robert Clay and his wife, Carol, of Fort Myers, Fla.; Kenneth D. Clay and his wife, Nickie, of Beckley; Dallas L. Clay and his wife, Nina, of Beckley; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; a sister, Joyce Akers of Greenville, S.C.; and a special care giver, Nancy Pachuta of Beckley. She is also suvived by special friends Regina na Bo Sizemore of Saulsville.
Service will be 2:p.m. Thursday at Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel, Mullens, with the Rev. Larry England and the rev. Vernon Sears officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.
Born on April 22, 1915, in Morehead, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Alvin Lee and Mary Stidham Wilson.
Mrs. Clay was a homemaker and a loving mother. She attended Herndon High School and was a charter member of Sweet Home Baptist Church in Maben. she was a descendant of the Wilson family that founded Morehead State College in Morehead, Ky.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vern W. Clay; two sons, Thomas Lee Haynes and Terry Clay; three sisters, Cora edmonds; Opal Mills and Maxine Bower; and three brothers, Estil Wilson; Lacy Wilson; and Alvin Wilson.
Those left to cherish her memory include a daughter, Wanda C. Clay and her husband, Charles, of Hernando, Fla.; four sons, Vern W. Clay Jr. and his wife, Betty, of Labanon, Tenn.; William Robert Clay and his wife, Carol, of Fort Myers, Fla.; Kenneth D. Clay and his wife, Nickie, of Beckley; Dallas L. Clay and his wife, Nina, of Beckley; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; a sister, Joyce Akers of Greenville, S.C.; and a special care giver, Nancy Pachuta of Beckley. She is also suvived by special friends Regina na Bo Sizemore of Saulsville.
Service will be 2:p.m. Thursday at Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel, Mullens, with the Rev. Larry England and the rev. Vernon Sears officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.
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