STATESBORO - Evangelist Eloise Lanier Clay, 58, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 13th at Ogeechee Area Hospice after a short illness. She was a native of Bulloch County and a homemaker. She attended the public schools of Bulloch County and was the Pastor of Freewill Christian Church, Pembroke, GA. Evangelist was preceded in death by her husband Perry Clay, Jr. and a daughter, Sherry Deandrea Jackson.
She is survived by eight daughters, Lisha Linnear, Sabrina Davis, LaTonya Jackson-Smith, Shanea Clay and LoTia clay all of Statesboro, Yvette Whitehead, Charleston, SC, Rosalind Stewart, Phoenix City, AL and Carol Cook, Walthourville, GA and five sons- in-law; five sons, David Lavar Lundy, Grant Thomas, Orentheus Thomas, Jermaine, Thomas and Andrew Perry Clay all of Statesboro; one daughter-in-law. In addition to her children she raised eight other children, David, Roderick, Jerry, Jeromy, Jakia, Davisha, Duante and Maurice; four sisters, Mary Roberts, Pembroke, Caroline Ford, Walterboro, SC, Terrance Mikell, Denise Hardy and Sharon Hill all of Statesboro; five brothers, Edward Lanier, Atlanta, David Lanier, Memphis, TN, Alton Lanier, Pembroke Wendell Lanier, Pulaski and Gregory Lanier, Statesboro; one aunt, Doretha Holt, Statesboro; three uncles, Herman, Theo and Earl Lanier all of Statesboro, 34 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Evangelist Clay will be held Sunday, January 17th at 2:00 p.m. at Elm Street Church of God with the pastor, Elder Alexander Smith, officiating. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery. James R. Barnes Mortuary.
Savannah Morning News, January 16, 2010
She is survived by eight daughters, Lisha Linnear, Sabrina Davis, LaTonya Jackson-Smith, Shanea Clay and LoTia clay all of Statesboro, Yvette Whitehead, Charleston, SC, Rosalind Stewart, Phoenix City, AL and Carol Cook, Walthourville, GA and five sons- in-law; five sons, David Lavar Lundy, Grant Thomas, Orentheus Thomas, Jermaine, Thomas and Andrew Perry Clay all of Statesboro; one daughter-in-law. In addition to her children she raised eight other children, David, Roderick, Jerry, Jeromy, Jakia, Davisha, Duante and Maurice; four sisters, Mary Roberts, Pembroke, Caroline Ford, Walterboro, SC, Terrance Mikell, Denise Hardy and Sharon Hill all of Statesboro; five brothers, Edward Lanier, Atlanta, David Lanier, Memphis, TN, Alton Lanier, Pembroke Wendell Lanier, Pulaski and Gregory Lanier, Statesboro; one aunt, Doretha Holt, Statesboro; three uncles, Herman, Theo and Earl Lanier all of Statesboro, 34 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Evangelist Clay will be held Sunday, January 17th at 2:00 p.m. at Elm Street Church of God with the pastor, Elder Alexander Smith, officiating. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery. James R. Barnes Mortuary.
Savannah Morning News, January 16, 2010
STATESBORO - Evangelist Eloise Lanier Clay, 58, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 13th at Ogeechee Area Hospice after a short illness. She was a native of Bulloch County and a homemaker. She attended the public schools of Bulloch County and was the Pastor of Freewill Christian Church, Pembroke, GA. Evangelist was preceded in death by her husband Perry Clay, Jr. and a daughter, Sherry Deandrea Jackson.
She is survived by eight daughters, Lisha Linnear, Sabrina Davis, LaTonya Jackson-Smith, Shanea Clay and LoTia clay all of Statesboro, Yvette Whitehead, Charleston, SC, Rosalind Stewart, Phoenix City, AL and Carol Cook, Walthourville, GA and five sons- in-law; five sons, David Lavar Lundy, Grant Thomas, Orentheus Thomas, Jermaine, Thomas and Andrew Perry Clay all of Statesboro; one daughter-in-law. In addition to her children she raised eight other children, David, Roderick, Jerry, Jeromy, Jakia, Davisha, Duante and Maurice; four sisters, Mary Roberts, Pembroke, Caroline Ford, Walterboro, SC, Terrance Mikell, Denise Hardy and Sharon Hill all of Statesboro; five brothers, Edward Lanier, Atlanta, David Lanier, Memphis, TN, Alton Lanier, Pembroke Wendell Lanier, Pulaski and Gregory Lanier, Statesboro; one aunt, Doretha Holt, Statesboro; three uncles, Herman, Theo and Earl Lanier all of Statesboro, 34 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Evangelist Clay will be held Sunday, January 17th at 2:00 p.m. at Elm Street Church of God with the pastor, Elder Alexander Smith, officiating. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery. James R. Barnes Mortuary.
Savannah Morning News, January 16, 2010
She is survived by eight daughters, Lisha Linnear, Sabrina Davis, LaTonya Jackson-Smith, Shanea Clay and LoTia clay all of Statesboro, Yvette Whitehead, Charleston, SC, Rosalind Stewart, Phoenix City, AL and Carol Cook, Walthourville, GA and five sons- in-law; five sons, David Lavar Lundy, Grant Thomas, Orentheus Thomas, Jermaine, Thomas and Andrew Perry Clay all of Statesboro; one daughter-in-law. In addition to her children she raised eight other children, David, Roderick, Jerry, Jeromy, Jakia, Davisha, Duante and Maurice; four sisters, Mary Roberts, Pembroke, Caroline Ford, Walterboro, SC, Terrance Mikell, Denise Hardy and Sharon Hill all of Statesboro; five brothers, Edward Lanier, Atlanta, David Lanier, Memphis, TN, Alton Lanier, Pembroke Wendell Lanier, Pulaski and Gregory Lanier, Statesboro; one aunt, Doretha Holt, Statesboro; three uncles, Herman, Theo and Earl Lanier all of Statesboro, 34 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Evangelist Clay will be held Sunday, January 17th at 2:00 p.m. at Elm Street Church of God with the pastor, Elder Alexander Smith, officiating. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery. James R. Barnes Mortuary.
Savannah Morning News, January 16, 2010
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