Herman L. Clay

Mr. Clay was born in Buncombe County and was a son of the late J. Bryan and Edna Lynch Clay, Sr. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sheila Baldwin in 1995, a brother, J.B. Clay, Jr. in 1996, and a sister, Marjorie Nockow in 1999.

He was a Navy veteran of WW II and was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church. He was a retired driver with Paving Enterprises, where he worked 38 years.

He is survived by his wife, Ruth Fite Clay; two daughters, Gail White of Asheville and Suzanne Lee Rice of Orlando, FL; sixteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with the Rev. H.D. Houck officiating. The Buncombe County Veterans Council Memorial Team will provide military honors.

His family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Tuesday and from 1 - 1:45 pm Wednesday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and at other times will be at the home of Gail White, 92 Shady Oak Drive.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Association, 3 Louisiana Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806.