A well-known Waynesburg resident and community leader, Roy W. Clovis, 91, of 313 Huffman Street, died at 9:50 p.m., Thursday, April 30,1981, in Greene County Memorial Hospital. He had been seriously ill for the past several weeks. He was born June 6, 1889, near Jollytown, a son of Leroy B. and Elizabeth M. Hennen Clovis.
Mr. Clovis spent his early life in the Jollytown-Pine Bank area. He had resided in Waynesburg since 1929.
Mr. Clovis was a veteran of World War 1, having served with the U.S. Navy. He was a 1911 graduate of Waynesburg College and active in the college's alumni association.
He was elected to the state legislature, serving from 1929-31. During that time he was primarily responsible for forming the farm-to-market roads, later called the Pinchot Road System.
He was also a state-Republican committeeman of Greene County for several years. In 1933, he was appointed work director for the Civil Works Administration in the county and from 1934-35 was director of the relief work division of the state emergency board in Washington and Greene counties.
During World War 11 he was chairman of the gasoline rationing board.
Surviving are his wife, May Phillips Clovis, whom he married September 9, 1929; two sons, Dr. William L. Clovis and Dr. James S. Clovis, both of Philadelphia; two granddaughters, Nicole and Christie Lee: and one grandson, Brian Whitfield Clovis.
Mr. Clovis was the last of his immediate family. A brother, Dr. Stanley B. Clovis, is deceased.
Mr. Clovis spent his early life in the Jollytown-Pine Bank area. He had resided in Waynesburg since 1929.
Mr. Clovis was a veteran of World War 1, having served with the U.S. Navy. He was a 1911 graduate of Waynesburg College and active in the college's alumni association.
He was elected to the state legislature, serving from 1929-31. During that time he was primarily responsible for forming the farm-to-market roads, later called the Pinchot Road System.
He was also a state-Republican committeeman of Greene County for several years. In 1933, he was appointed work director for the Civil Works Administration in the county and from 1934-35 was director of the relief work division of the state emergency board in Washington and Greene counties.
During World War 11 he was chairman of the gasoline rationing board.
Surviving are his wife, May Phillips Clovis, whom he married September 9, 1929; two sons, Dr. William L. Clovis and Dr. James S. Clovis, both of Philadelphia; two granddaughters, Nicole and Christie Lee: and one grandson, Brian Whitfield Clovis.
Mr. Clovis was the last of his immediate family. A brother, Dr. Stanley B. Clovis, is deceased.
A well-known Waynesburg resident and community leader, Roy W. Clovis, 91, of 313 Huffman Street, died at 9:50 p.m., Thursday, April 30,1981, in Greene County Memorial Hospital. He had been seriously ill for the past several weeks. He was born June 6, 1889, near Jollytown, a son of Leroy B. and Elizabeth M. Hennen Clovis.
Mr. Clovis spent his early life in the Jollytown-Pine Bank area. He had resided in Waynesburg since 1929.
Mr. Clovis was a veteran of World War 1, having served with the U.S. Navy. He was a 1911 graduate of Waynesburg College and active in the college's alumni association.
He was elected to the state legislature, serving from 1929-31. During that time he was primarily responsible for forming the farm-to-market roads, later called the Pinchot Road System.
He was also a state-Republican committeeman of Greene County for several years. In 1933, he was appointed work director for the Civil Works Administration in the county and from 1934-35 was director of the relief work division of the state emergency board in Washington and Greene counties.
During World War 11 he was chairman of the gasoline rationing board.
Surviving are his wife, May Phillips Clovis, whom he married September 9, 1929; two sons, Dr. William L. Clovis and Dr. James S. Clovis, both of Philadelphia; two granddaughters, Nicole and Christie Lee: and one grandson, Brian Whitfield Clovis.
Mr. Clovis was the last of his immediate family. A brother, Dr. Stanley B. Clovis, is deceased.
Mr. Clovis spent his early life in the Jollytown-Pine Bank area. He had resided in Waynesburg since 1929.
Mr. Clovis was a veteran of World War 1, having served with the U.S. Navy. He was a 1911 graduate of Waynesburg College and active in the college's alumni association.
He was elected to the state legislature, serving from 1929-31. During that time he was primarily responsible for forming the farm-to-market roads, later called the Pinchot Road System.
He was also a state-Republican committeeman of Greene County for several years. In 1933, he was appointed work director for the Civil Works Administration in the county and from 1934-35 was director of the relief work division of the state emergency board in Washington and Greene counties.
During World War 11 he was chairman of the gasoline rationing board.
Surviving are his wife, May Phillips Clovis, whom he married September 9, 1929; two sons, Dr. William L. Clovis and Dr. James S. Clovis, both of Philadelphia; two granddaughters, Nicole and Christie Lee: and one grandson, Brian Whitfield Clovis.
Mr. Clovis was the last of his immediate family. A brother, Dr. Stanley B. Clovis, is deceased.
Gravesite Details
It appears that the family changed their minds about the burial location and buried the brothers, Leroy and Stanley in the Greene County Memorial Park. A monument still stands in the Eakin Cemetery with no death dates listed.
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