Obituary: Alice Ione Edlin Clark, 79, Lyons Station
ALICE IONE EDLIN CLARK
Alice Ione Edlin Clark, 79, of Lyons Station, died Saturday, March 7, 2015, at her home. She was a member of Rolling Fork Christian Church. She was very active in the Democratic Party. She was a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels and a member of the LaRue County Home Makers. She won the LaRue County Mother of the Year. She retired from Houchins in Elizabethtown.
We mourn the life of Alice Clark, but Celebrate the life of Granny.She was a caregiver and food preparer by trade; but a Granny by divinity.
As Christians, we are called to live our life as Christ lived His. We are to serve as Christ served. Granny fed the hungry, provided shelter to the uncovered. She gave to those who were not given anything. Granny loved those who otherwise were not loved. She was everyone’s Granny. The world lost a woman, but Heaven gained a Granny.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Rodman Edlin and Nannie Artie Maddox Edlin; her husband, John Earnest Clark; and six siblings, Margaret Frey, Hester Head, Juanita Woods, Tommy Edlin, Bevin Edlin and Albert Edlin.
She is survived by five daughters, Donna (Ramey) Pottinger, Jill (Jim) Carrico, both of New Haven, Rhonda (Ron) Knapp of Lexington, Tammy (Billy) Barrell of Richmond, and Theresa (Phil) Eagan of Virginia Beach; one sister, Pearl (Ken) Smith of Louisville; one brother, Walter Edlin of Waterford, Wis.; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral is 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Rolling Fork Christian Church in Lyons Station with Bro. Tim Underhill officiating. Burial is in the St. Catherine Cemetery in New Haven.
Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, and 8-9:30 a.m. March 11, 2015, at the Joseph L. Greenwell Funeral Home in New Haven.
The Joseph L. Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Friends may leave condolences online at www.jlgfuneralhome.com.
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