Bloomington World Telephone 08/19/1946
Dillie Clay, who for more than 35 years was a conductor on the Monon Railroad, died at his residence, 1618 South Walnut Street, Sunday morning at 11:30 a. m. following a year's illness due to complications. Mr. Clay had been forced to retire a year ago due to this illness.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Margaret Clay; two daughters, Mrs. George Mitchell, Route Four and Mrs. Kenneth Jacobs, Clear Creek; two sons, William of Hammond and Mettulis of Clear Creek; one step son, Lawrence Kennedy of Los Angeles; two brothers, Oscar Clay of Lafayette and Roma of Brooklyn, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. Stella Fox of Bloomington; two step-brothers, Ab and Homer Humphrey of Smithville.
Mr. Clay was born at Harrodsburg on May 8, 1891 to Finis and Alice May Clay and had lived in this community all of his life.
He was affiliated with the Railroad Brotherhood ORC and was a member of the South Side Assembly of God Church. Funeral services will be conducted at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be in Clear Creek cemetery.
Active pall bearers will be W. H. Bender, Robert Mink, Wayne Freeman, J. Oscar Huntington, M. C. Taylor, and John White.
Honorary pall bearers will be fellow railroaders who had worked with Mr. Clay on the Monon line. They are: Roy Duncan, Mort Huncilman, Stewart Strout, William F. Boyer, Frank Campbell, Luther Tell, all of Bloomington and Charles Taylor of Borden and Frank Taylor of Lafayette.
The body has been returned to the family residence to lie in state until the funeral hour.
Dillie Clay, who for more than 35 years was a conductor on the Monon Railroad, died at his residence, 1618 South Walnut Street, Sunday morning at 11:30 a. m. following a year's illness due to complications. Mr. Clay had been forced to retire a year ago due to this illness.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Margaret Clay; two daughters, Mrs. George Mitchell, Route Four and Mrs. Kenneth Jacobs, Clear Creek; two sons, William of Hammond and Mettulis of Clear Creek; one step son, Lawrence Kennedy of Los Angeles; two brothers, Oscar Clay of Lafayette and Roma of Brooklyn, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. Stella Fox of Bloomington; two step-brothers, Ab and Homer Humphrey of Smithville.
Mr. Clay was born at Harrodsburg on May 8, 1891 to Finis and Alice May Clay and had lived in this community all of his life.
He was affiliated with the Railroad Brotherhood ORC and was a member of the South Side Assembly of God Church. Funeral services will be conducted at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be in Clear Creek cemetery.
Active pall bearers will be W. H. Bender, Robert Mink, Wayne Freeman, J. Oscar Huntington, M. C. Taylor, and John White.
Honorary pall bearers will be fellow railroaders who had worked with Mr. Clay on the Monon line. They are: Roy Duncan, Mort Huncilman, Stewart Strout, William F. Boyer, Frank Campbell, Luther Tell, all of Bloomington and Charles Taylor of Borden and Frank Taylor of Lafayette.
The body has been returned to the family residence to lie in state until the funeral hour.
Bloomington World Telephone 08/19/1946
Dillie Clay, who for more than 35 years was a conductor on the Monon Railroad, died at his residence, 1618 South Walnut Street, Sunday morning at 11:30 a. m. following a year's illness due to complications. Mr. Clay had been forced to retire a year ago due to this illness.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Margaret Clay; two daughters, Mrs. George Mitchell, Route Four and Mrs. Kenneth Jacobs, Clear Creek; two sons, William of Hammond and Mettulis of Clear Creek; one step son, Lawrence Kennedy of Los Angeles; two brothers, Oscar Clay of Lafayette and Roma of Brooklyn, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. Stella Fox of Bloomington; two step-brothers, Ab and Homer Humphrey of Smithville.
Mr. Clay was born at Harrodsburg on May 8, 1891 to Finis and Alice May Clay and had lived in this community all of his life.
He was affiliated with the Railroad Brotherhood ORC and was a member of the South Side Assembly of God Church. Funeral services will be conducted at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be in Clear Creek cemetery.
Active pall bearers will be W. H. Bender, Robert Mink, Wayne Freeman, J. Oscar Huntington, M. C. Taylor, and John White.
Honorary pall bearers will be fellow railroaders who had worked with Mr. Clay on the Monon line. They are: Roy Duncan, Mort Huncilman, Stewart Strout, William F. Boyer, Frank Campbell, Luther Tell, all of Bloomington and Charles Taylor of Borden and Frank Taylor of Lafayette.
The body has been returned to the family residence to lie in state until the funeral hour.
Dillie Clay, who for more than 35 years was a conductor on the Monon Railroad, died at his residence, 1618 South Walnut Street, Sunday morning at 11:30 a. m. following a year's illness due to complications. Mr. Clay had been forced to retire a year ago due to this illness.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Margaret Clay; two daughters, Mrs. George Mitchell, Route Four and Mrs. Kenneth Jacobs, Clear Creek; two sons, William of Hammond and Mettulis of Clear Creek; one step son, Lawrence Kennedy of Los Angeles; two brothers, Oscar Clay of Lafayette and Roma of Brooklyn, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. Stella Fox of Bloomington; two step-brothers, Ab and Homer Humphrey of Smithville.
Mr. Clay was born at Harrodsburg on May 8, 1891 to Finis and Alice May Clay and had lived in this community all of his life.
He was affiliated with the Railroad Brotherhood ORC and was a member of the South Side Assembly of God Church. Funeral services will be conducted at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be in Clear Creek cemetery.
Active pall bearers will be W. H. Bender, Robert Mink, Wayne Freeman, J. Oscar Huntington, M. C. Taylor, and John White.
Honorary pall bearers will be fellow railroaders who had worked with Mr. Clay on the Monon line. They are: Roy Duncan, Mort Huncilman, Stewart Strout, William F. Boyer, Frank Campbell, Luther Tell, all of Bloomington and Charles Taylor of Borden and Frank Taylor of Lafayette.
The body has been returned to the family residence to lie in state until the funeral hour.
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