Melody Joy Clayton, 52, of rural Jonesboro, AR., died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Melody was a 1979 graduate of McNairy Central High School in Selmer, Tennessee. She was a homemaker and moved to Jonesboro in 1983.
Melody was a member of Central Baptist Church where she was a teacher in the youth department. She taught pre-schoolers as well as the 9 year-old girls class for many years. Melody was a long-time secretary-treasurer of the Jonesboro Right-To-Life Chapter and home schooled all of her children from kindergarten through the 12th grade.
Melody was preceded in death by a daughter, Bethany Clayton, and by her father, Jimmy McClain.
Survivors include her husband, Tracy Clayton of the home; 2 daughters, Brandy (John) Shields of Jonesboro and Corrie Clayton of the home; 3 sons, Jeramy (Ashley) Clayton of Jonesboro, Jay Lee (Jennifer) Clayton of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jesse Clayton of the home; Her mother, Betty McClain of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 sisters, Jan (Dennis) Parsons of Pickwick, Tennessee, and Sherry (Tommy) Crumby of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 brothers, Jerry McClain and Mike (Susan) McClain, of Tennessee; 3 grandchildren, Joy Shields, Katie Shields and Bella Shields, and a fourth grandchild to arrive in November.
A Homecoming Celebration was held Thursday at Central Baptist Church. A private family committal service was held Thursday in Nettleton Cemetery with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Emerson Funeral home obits
Jonesboro Sun, June 6, 2013.
Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Melody was a 1979 graduate of McNairy Central High School in Selmer, Tennessee. She was a homemaker and moved to Jonesboro in 1983.
Melody was a member of Central Baptist Church where she was a teacher in the youth department. She taught pre-schoolers as well as the 9 year-old girls class for many years. Melody was a long-time secretary-treasurer of the Jonesboro Right-To-Life Chapter and home schooled all of her children from kindergarten through the 12th grade.
Melody was preceded in death by a daughter, Bethany Clayton, and by her father, Jimmy McClain.
Survivors include her husband, Tracy Clayton of the home; 2 daughters, Brandy (John) Shields of Jonesboro and Corrie Clayton of the home; 3 sons, Jeramy (Ashley) Clayton of Jonesboro, Jay Lee (Jennifer) Clayton of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jesse Clayton of the home; Her mother, Betty McClain of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 sisters, Jan (Dennis) Parsons of Pickwick, Tennessee, and Sherry (Tommy) Crumby of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 brothers, Jerry McClain and Mike (Susan) McClain, of Tennessee; 3 grandchildren, Joy Shields, Katie Shields and Bella Shields, and a fourth grandchild to arrive in November.
A Homecoming Celebration was held Thursday at Central Baptist Church. A private family committal service was held Thursday in Nettleton Cemetery with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Emerson Funeral home obits
Jonesboro Sun, June 6, 2013.
Melody Joy Clayton, 52, of rural Jonesboro, AR., died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Melody was a 1979 graduate of McNairy Central High School in Selmer, Tennessee. She was a homemaker and moved to Jonesboro in 1983.
Melody was a member of Central Baptist Church where she was a teacher in the youth department. She taught pre-schoolers as well as the 9 year-old girls class for many years. Melody was a long-time secretary-treasurer of the Jonesboro Right-To-Life Chapter and home schooled all of her children from kindergarten through the 12th grade.
Melody was preceded in death by a daughter, Bethany Clayton, and by her father, Jimmy McClain.
Survivors include her husband, Tracy Clayton of the home; 2 daughters, Brandy (John) Shields of Jonesboro and Corrie Clayton of the home; 3 sons, Jeramy (Ashley) Clayton of Jonesboro, Jay Lee (Jennifer) Clayton of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jesse Clayton of the home; Her mother, Betty McClain of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 sisters, Jan (Dennis) Parsons of Pickwick, Tennessee, and Sherry (Tommy) Crumby of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 brothers, Jerry McClain and Mike (Susan) McClain, of Tennessee; 3 grandchildren, Joy Shields, Katie Shields and Bella Shields, and a fourth grandchild to arrive in November.
A Homecoming Celebration was held Thursday at Central Baptist Church. A private family committal service was held Thursday in Nettleton Cemetery with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Emerson Funeral home obits
Jonesboro Sun, June 6, 2013.
Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Melody was a 1979 graduate of McNairy Central High School in Selmer, Tennessee. She was a homemaker and moved to Jonesboro in 1983.
Melody was a member of Central Baptist Church where she was a teacher in the youth department. She taught pre-schoolers as well as the 9 year-old girls class for many years. Melody was a long-time secretary-treasurer of the Jonesboro Right-To-Life Chapter and home schooled all of her children from kindergarten through the 12th grade.
Melody was preceded in death by a daughter, Bethany Clayton, and by her father, Jimmy McClain.
Survivors include her husband, Tracy Clayton of the home; 2 daughters, Brandy (John) Shields of Jonesboro and Corrie Clayton of the home; 3 sons, Jeramy (Ashley) Clayton of Jonesboro, Jay Lee (Jennifer) Clayton of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jesse Clayton of the home; Her mother, Betty McClain of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 sisters, Jan (Dennis) Parsons of Pickwick, Tennessee, and Sherry (Tommy) Crumby of Gravel Hill, Tennessee; 2 brothers, Jerry McClain and Mike (Susan) McClain, of Tennessee; 3 grandchildren, Joy Shields, Katie Shields and Bella Shields, and a fourth grandchild to arrive in November.
A Homecoming Celebration was held Thursday at Central Baptist Church. A private family committal service was held Thursday in Nettleton Cemetery with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Emerson Funeral home obits
Jonesboro Sun, June 6, 2013.
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