Funeral services for Joy Clayton Hoover, 80, Clyde, and formerly of Spur, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Highway 70 Church of Christ. Hollis Talley, Abilene and Van McCormick, Clovis, New Mexico, officiated.Hoover died at the Clyde Nursing Home September 29 following a lengthy illness. Born in Comanche County on June 27, 1903, he was a farmer. He lived in Dickens county from 1916 to 1941 and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Offield, Plainview; Mrs. Loretta Leavelle, Houston; and Mrs. Roxie Thomason, Clyde; one brother, Thurman Hoover, Lubbock; and three sisters, Mrs. Iris Blevins, Matador; Mrs. Mattie Talley, Shep; and Mrs. Ruth Thomason, Spur; nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers included Joy Offield, Joe Offield, Jim Leavelle, David Scott, Mike Akens, Mark Stallings, Jerry Offield, Donnie Offield, and Bradley Offield.
Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery with Campbell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
©The Texas Spur, October 1983
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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