Thomas Clay Eley, 61, of Lewisburg, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday in Bremen, Ga. , following an extended illness. Services were held Wed. at 1:20 at Fairlane Church of Christ, with C.H. Woodroof, Ed Harper and Ralph Snell (both brother-in-laws) officiating. Burial was at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Eley, a native of Bedford County,was an employee of Eraser Products in Lewisburg, and a member of Fairlane Church of Christ.He was the son of W.A. and Evie Wheelhouse Eley of Unionville. He was the husband of the late Anna Beatrice Potts Eley, who died in 1971.
Survivors include a daughter, Ardoth McGukin, of Bremen, GA.; son, Andy Eley, of Montgomery Ala, three brothers: William F. Eley, of Decatur, Ala, G.L. Eley of Shelbyville, Tenn. and James M. Eley, of Corinth Miss: three sisters, Mrs. Ralph(Ruby) Snell of Florence, Ala., Mrs. Edward (Gladys) Harper of Unionville, Tenn., and Mrs. Lester (Evylin) Lowe, of Deason Community, and two grandchildren.
At top is the Eley siblings and their spouses, Thanksgiving Day 1953, at the Unionville Eley farm. At far right, Beatrice stands behind Clay.
Second, the brothers wear their church clothes, back, G.L. and Cecil,front left, Thomas clay and Bill.
Photo at right shows the Eley standing proudly together for the last time, at the occation of Will and Evie Eley's 50th anniversary on Christmas Day, 1960. Two months later, Will died.
In order, left to right:
William Anderson Eley with sons, William Francis, Thomas Clay, Cecil, G.L. and Jim.
Mr. Eley, a native of Bedford County,was an employee of Eraser Products in Lewisburg, and a member of Fairlane Church of Christ.He was the son of W.A. and Evie Wheelhouse Eley of Unionville. He was the husband of the late Anna Beatrice Potts Eley, who died in 1971.
Survivors include a daughter, Ardoth McGukin, of Bremen, GA.; son, Andy Eley, of Montgomery Ala, three brothers: William F. Eley, of Decatur, Ala, G.L. Eley of Shelbyville, Tenn. and James M. Eley, of Corinth Miss: three sisters, Mrs. Ralph(Ruby) Snell of Florence, Ala., Mrs. Edward (Gladys) Harper of Unionville, Tenn., and Mrs. Lester (Evylin) Lowe, of Deason Community, and two grandchildren.
At top is the Eley siblings and their spouses, Thanksgiving Day 1953, at the Unionville Eley farm. At far right, Beatrice stands behind Clay.
Second, the brothers wear their church clothes, back, G.L. and Cecil,front left, Thomas clay and Bill.
Photo at right shows the Eley standing proudly together for the last time, at the occation of Will and Evie Eley's 50th anniversary on Christmas Day, 1960. Two months later, Will died.
In order, left to right:
William Anderson Eley with sons, William Francis, Thomas Clay, Cecil, G.L. and Jim.
Thomas Clay Eley, 61, of Lewisburg, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday in Bremen, Ga. , following an extended illness. Services were held Wed. at 1:20 at Fairlane Church of Christ, with C.H. Woodroof, Ed Harper and Ralph Snell (both brother-in-laws) officiating. Burial was at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Eley, a native of Bedford County,was an employee of Eraser Products in Lewisburg, and a member of Fairlane Church of Christ.He was the son of W.A. and Evie Wheelhouse Eley of Unionville. He was the husband of the late Anna Beatrice Potts Eley, who died in 1971.
Survivors include a daughter, Ardoth McGukin, of Bremen, GA.; son, Andy Eley, of Montgomery Ala, three brothers: William F. Eley, of Decatur, Ala, G.L. Eley of Shelbyville, Tenn. and James M. Eley, of Corinth Miss: three sisters, Mrs. Ralph(Ruby) Snell of Florence, Ala., Mrs. Edward (Gladys) Harper of Unionville, Tenn., and Mrs. Lester (Evylin) Lowe, of Deason Community, and two grandchildren.
At top is the Eley siblings and their spouses, Thanksgiving Day 1953, at the Unionville Eley farm. At far right, Beatrice stands behind Clay.
Second, the brothers wear their church clothes, back, G.L. and Cecil,front left, Thomas clay and Bill.
Photo at right shows the Eley standing proudly together for the last time, at the occation of Will and Evie Eley's 50th anniversary on Christmas Day, 1960. Two months later, Will died.
In order, left to right:
William Anderson Eley with sons, William Francis, Thomas Clay, Cecil, G.L. and Jim.
Mr. Eley, a native of Bedford County,was an employee of Eraser Products in Lewisburg, and a member of Fairlane Church of Christ.He was the son of W.A. and Evie Wheelhouse Eley of Unionville. He was the husband of the late Anna Beatrice Potts Eley, who died in 1971.
Survivors include a daughter, Ardoth McGukin, of Bremen, GA.; son, Andy Eley, of Montgomery Ala, three brothers: William F. Eley, of Decatur, Ala, G.L. Eley of Shelbyville, Tenn. and James M. Eley, of Corinth Miss: three sisters, Mrs. Ralph(Ruby) Snell of Florence, Ala., Mrs. Edward (Gladys) Harper of Unionville, Tenn., and Mrs. Lester (Evylin) Lowe, of Deason Community, and two grandchildren.
At top is the Eley siblings and their spouses, Thanksgiving Day 1953, at the Unionville Eley farm. At far right, Beatrice stands behind Clay.
Second, the brothers wear their church clothes, back, G.L. and Cecil,front left, Thomas clay and Bill.
Photo at right shows the Eley standing proudly together for the last time, at the occation of Will and Evie Eley's 50th anniversary on Christmas Day, 1960. Two months later, Will died.
In order, left to right:
William Anderson Eley with sons, William Francis, Thomas Clay, Cecil, G.L. and Jim.
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