ESTHER CLAYTON

BRAGGADOCIO -- Esther Clayton, 84, of Malden, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1994, at Doctors' Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.

She was born July 19, 1910, at Braggadocio, daughter of S.A. and Vina Frances Biggs Tucker. She and Luther Clayton were married Nov. 28, 1939, at Braggadocio. He died Sept. 2, 1967.

Clayton was a member of Southern Baptist Church at Malden.

Survivors include three sons, Max Clayton of Campbell, Paul Clayton of Janesville, Wis., Gilbert Clayton of Somerville, Ala.; a daughter, Audra Eakens of Lilbourn; two brothers, Charles Tucker of San Antonio, Texas, Gene Tucker of Jefferson City; four sisters, Elsie Coughlin of St. Louis, Zona Pullum of Caruthersville, Eddie Johnson of Sedalia, Helen Johnson of Braggadocio; 15 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three sisters and a brother.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter after 5 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Perry Clark officiating. Burial will be in Hagy Cemetery at Dexter.