Hazel Ellen Maraman Clayton Obituary (1920 - 2005)

Mrs. Hazel Ellen Maraman Clayton, 84, of Madisonville, KY, died at 8:55 A.M. Tuesday, October 4, 2005, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, KY. Formerly of Madisonville, she had been a resident of Wellington Parc in Paducah for the past three and a half years. \ She was born December 31, 1920, in Webster County, KY. She was the daughter of the late Roy Denzil Maraman and Bessie Mae Buchanan Maraman. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Raymond Vance Clayton in 1996; one great granddaughter, Alison Jane Jessup; two sisters, Mary Denzel Dee Dee Greer and Ruth Helen Hillyard (her twin) and two brothers, William and James Maraman. \ Mrs. Clayton is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Houston (Linda) Wyatt, Mrs. Larry (Vanna) Clardy and Mrs. Joe (Paula) Jessup all of Madisonville; one brother Donald Ray Maraman of Rosemont, MI; five grandsons, one granddaughter, three great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law, Eva Maraman of Slaughters, KY and several nieces and nephews. \ She was an active member and former Sunday School class teacher at Liberty Missionary Baptist of Madisonville, a charter member of the Piecemakers Quilt Club of Hopkins County, Betterway Homemakers Club, and Golden Circle Sunday School Class. \ Funeral services will be Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 11:00 A.M., at the Barnett-Strother Funeral Home with Bro. Tondra Daughtery and Bro. Jim Lantrip officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. \ Visitation will be Wednesday, October 5, 2005, from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., and from 9:00 A.M. until the service time on Thursday at the funeral home. \ Pallbearers will be grandsons, Van Wyatt, Clay Clardy, Mark Wyatt, Chip Clardy, Jeremy Jessup and nephew Max Butch Clayton. \ Memorials may take the form of donation to Liberty Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund or the Alzheimers Association. \