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Glenn J CLAY

Gum Springs - Searcy Cemetery
White County,
Arkansas

Glenn
Nov 16, 1921 - Oct 25, 2010

Sibyl
Mar 9, 1929 - May 10, 2012

*Obituary

Glenn J. Clay, 88, of Searcy, died Monday, October 25, 2010. He was born November 16, 1921, at Romance, AR, the first born son of Homer and Tellie (Vardell) Clay. He served in the US Army Military Police. At the end of World War II he returned to Searcy, where he was a Deputy US Marshall. Later he became a member of the Searcy Police Dept., he then went to work for Adams Pest Control, where he was a Service Representative until retirement. A lifelong Baptist, he was a member of the First Baptist Church, in Searcy, where he was an Usher. Glenn was a volunteer for Good Samaritan Industries, active in Kiwanis and other civic organizations in the community. He was a member of the Senior Golf Association, at River Oaks Golf Club.

Glenn is preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Anna Mae (Adams) Clay; one daughter, Anna Lynn Vernon; and one sister, Wilma Holeman.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Sibyl (Hays) Clay; one daughter, Glenna Clay MacGrotty and her husband, Stephen, of New York, NY; son-in-law, Rusty Vernon; grandsons, Adam and Jacob, of Richmond, VA; four brothers, Kenneth Clay (Pat), Howell Clay (Barbara), Darrell Clay (Thelma), all of Searcy, and Billy Clay (Allison) of Savannah, GA; and three sisters, Audrey Joyce (Freddie), Allene Showalter, and Lucille Carter, all of Searcy.

The family will greet guests at 12:30p.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2010, in the foyer of the First Baptist Church, with the service to follow at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Gum Springs Cemetery.

The family requests memorial contributions be made to:
The American Cancer Society Or The Searcy First Baptist Church

Source: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com

*Obituary

Sibyl J. Hays Clay was born March 9, 1929, the second daughter and fourth child of Lucile Johnston and Arch Lee Hays. She died May 10, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn J. Clay; step-daughter, Anna Lynn Vernon; three brothers, James A. Hays; Emmett L. Hays, Sr.; John Paul Hays; and a sister, Dora McDaniel. She is survived by her stepdaughter and son-in-law, Glenna and Stephen MacGrotty; son-in-law, Rusty Vernon; grandsons, Adam and Jacob Vernon. Also surviving are her sisters, Joan McKenzie (Milburn); Polly West (Don Fulmer); and Ruby Lane (Bill); seventeen nieces and nephews and several great nieces and nephews.

Choosing banking as her career, she began working in 1946 at the First National Bank in Searcy, worked for a period of time in Kansas City, MO and the remainder of her career at First Jacksonville Bank in Arkansas from 1955 until her retirement in 1990. She served the bank as Vice President of Operations, and West Main branch manager. She and Glenn returned to Searcy and she became involved at First Baptist Church as a Sunday School Teacher, Vacation Bible School helper and librarian. She was a member of the CARTI Auxiliary and a charter member of the Fredrick Van Patten Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, her Lunch Bunch, the Q-tips and the Widows group were a happy part of her later years.

Services will be held 4:00 P.M. Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Roller-Daniel Funeral Chapel, Searcy. Interment will follow at Gum Springs Cemetery. Family request that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to either the American Cancer for Research or to the Searcy First Baptist Church Building Fund.

Photo courtesy of Annette Shaw

Contributed on 12/5/22 by hawkinsdonna48
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Submitted: 12/5/22 • Approved: 12/5/22 • Last Updated: 12/8/22 • R1460325-G1460325-S3

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