LYDIA CLAYTON

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lydia Mae Clayton, 87, of Sikeston died Monday, Jan. 15, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born March 28, 1913, in Lawrence County, Ark., daughter of James John and Nora Mae Richey Gilooly. She and Carl Clifford Clayton were married Nov. 17, 1945, in Paragould, Ark. He died Feb. 17, 1999.

Clayton was a bookkeeper for Richardson Gin Co. in Marston, Mo. She was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ and was a Pink Lady at Missouri Delta Medical Center more than 30 years.

Survivors include two brothers, Cleo Gilooly of Kennett, Mo., and Sewell Gilooly of Reno, Nev.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with Pat Hogan and Johnny Hester officiating. Burial will be in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn, Mo.