Marjorie Mae Clayton

Mrs. Marjorie Mae Clayton, age 90 of Cloverport, Tennessee, passed away Sunday morning, June 18, 2017 at Bolivar General Hospital.

Mrs. Clayton was born Thursday, August 26, 1926 in Madison County, Tennessee to the late Lacy and Cercie Thornton. On Tuesday, September 25, 1951, she was united in marriage to Mr. Cecil Clayton, who preceded her in death on Sunday, November 24, 1991. She worked as a homemaker and was a member of Cloverport Baptist Church. She lived in Kentucky from 1951 to 1992, when she moved back to the Cloverport area.

She is survived by two sisters, Janis King of Cloverport, and Georgia Hillhouse of Humboldt; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Lillian Chandler, Katherine Howell, Gladys Thornton and Hazel Thornton; and two brothers, Ernest Thornton and Hubert Thornton.

Charitable contributions made in Mrs. Clayton's memory may be sent to the Shriners Hospitals for Children (www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/donate) or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (www.stjude.org/donate).