Alvie Thomas Clay's Obituary
HEDLEY SERVICES- 2:00 pm Monday, August 22, 2011 in the Calvary Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Rob Seale, Pastor, officiating. INTERMENT- with Military Honors in Quail Cemetery in Quail. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Mr. Clay was born June 28, 1927 in Hedley to William & Mary E. Burdine Clay. He married Wanda Vinyard on December 27, 1986 in Quail. He had been a lifetime resident of Hedley. He was a US Army & US Army Air Force veteran serving during the end of World War II and the Korean War. He was a 65 year member of American Legion Adamson-Lane Post 287 in Hedley and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Clarendon. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - his parents; 3 sisters, Peggy Dawson, Mildred Langley, and Avyrilla White. SURVIVORS - his wife, Wanda of Hedley; 2 sons, Preston Lynn Blair of Cleburne and Darrell Glenn Blair of Arlington; a daughter, Debra Gumfory of Abilene; 2 brothers in law, Lynn Dawson of San Antonio and Delbert White of Quail; a sister, Addierene Mickels and husband Joe of Santa Maria, CA; 12 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and 1 great great grandchild; and numerous nieces & nephews. MEMORIALS- The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Legion Adamson-Lane Post 287 in Hedley or Odyssey Hospice.
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