Dorthy McClard, daughter of the late Cecil Waggoner and Edith Perry Waggoner, was born on July 10, 1933, in Pyletown and died at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on May 27, 2014, at the age of 80.
Mrs. McClard was a member of the Bridge Church of Christ in Pyletown, had worked at Trammell Insurance as a secretary for 49 years and was a resident of Dexter. She was instrumental in the founding of the Stoddard County A.R.C., a member of WPFA and a former board member for the Poplar Bluff Regional Center.
On Aug. 27, 1951, she was united in marriage to Curtis Alvin McClard, Sr. at Pyle Town. Mr. McClard preceded her in death on April 8, 1987.
She is survived by three sons, Curtis A. (Vickie) McClard, Jr. of Dexter, Donald R. (Patricia) McClard of Fort Worth, Texas and Robert W. (Linda) McClard of Hamilton, Ohio.; by two daughters, Carla McClard of Dexter and Gayle (Dennis) Carey of New Haven, Mo.; by one brother, Gordon Waggoner of Bloomfield; and three sisters, Reva Raymo of Dexter, Arlene Eubanks of Dexter and Marjorie Waggoner of Poplar Bluff; 11 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Peggy McClard and three brothers, Eldon Waggoner, Hiland Waggoner and Merlin Waggoner and one sister, Joyce Eskew.
Visitation will be held at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, May 30, 2014, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at the Bridge Church of Christ in Pyletown on Saturday, June 1, 2014, at 10 a.m. with Bernie Crum officiating.
Interment will follow in the Caroline Dowdy Cemetery in Dexter.