Memorials are suggested to the Greenwood Cemetery Fund or to Alive Hospice.
Clara, age 86, of Charlotte, TN died peacefully July 11, 2020 at her home.
She was born in Charlotte, TN and was the daughter of the late Vervin Thomas and Verla Catherine Duke McClelland. She was preceded in death by her brothers and sisters, V. T. McClelland, Jr., Virginia Chandler, Herbert McClelland, Mary Ann Jones, Sarah Spruill and Linda Cammack.
Clara was retired from the banking profession with many years of service. Starting out with the former Peoples Bank in Charlotte and working with the former Third National Bank in Nashville as a teller and later retiring as an auditor. She was a graduate of Charlotte High School, Class of 1951. She has been married to Jimmy Story for 58 years.
Clara was the matriarch of the McClelland Family. Her family was all to her. She and Jimmy had no children of their own, but in reality they had many children. It was always Aunt Clara and Uncle Jimmy. Clara served many roles, as a loving sister, she filled in as a grandmother to many of the nieces and nephews. Clara will be missed in all the roles that she shared herself with.
Clara had that vibrant and inviting personality always meeting you with that smile, a good hug and even a kiss. She loved her community, her state and her country. She was truly a patriot. Everything she did she did it with such energy and enthusiasm. She was a lifelong member of the Greenwood United Methodist Church. Clara was the church pianist for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Story of Charlotte, TN, her two sisters, Brenda Work and her husband, Dwight of Dickson ,TN and Rose Baird and her husband, Bob of Charlotte, TN, her brothers, James R. McClelland of Charlotte, TN, Joel T. McClelland and his wife, Jackie of Charlotte ,TN and William C. (Sharkey) McClelland and his wife, Jennifer of Jackson, TN. Several Nieces and Nephews and great nieces and nephews.
As Clara would often say “We will all be together again.”
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