The Shadow
Clara Elizabeth Persinger Kellison Curry, 76, of 1010 Dunbrack Rd., Covington. died Monday, Aug. 29, 2010, at her residence, with her family at her side.
She was born March 7, 1934, in Alleghany County, to the late Stanley and Elizabeth Bailey Persinger.
She worked for 22 for Leggett’s of Covington and for 10 years at H & R Block.
She was a member of Iron Gate Community Church and a former member of Callaghan Church of God of Prophecy, where she was active from 1950 to 1998 as a Sunday school teacher and in Women’s Ministries.
She loved softball, was an avid Atlanta Braves fan, and enjoyed canning vegetables and cooking.
She was a full-time mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who loved her family first and always put the needs of others above her own.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first and second husbands, John L. Kellison in November of 1993 and Henry Elmer “Hank” Curry Sr. in January of 2010; a sister, Jane Bartley; and a brother, James Persinger.
She is survived by two daughters, the Rev. Edith Marie Snedegar and husband, Ray, of Covington, and Wanda Irene Morales and husband Juan of Bristol, Rhose Island; two sons, John Kellison Jr. of Covington, and Clarence Kellison and wife, D’ona, of Covington; three sisters, Martha Carter and husband, Benny, of Covington, Dorothy Rowsey and husband, Leslie, of Nathalie, and Nancy Hubbard and husband, Benny, of Potts Cr-eek; seven grandchildren, Mary Morales of Bristol, Conn., Ray Snedegar II and wife, Tiffany, of Covington, Melissa Crosier, Jessica Ramsey and husband Steve of Clifton Forge, Jonathan Snedegar of Covington, Mackenzie Kellison of Blacksburg, and Elizabeth Kellison of Roanoke; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be conducted Thursday at 11 a,m. in the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge with Rev. Donald Brown and the Rev. Bill Gilliland officiating.
Interment will follow in Alleghany Memorial Park, Low Moor.
Pallbearers will be Ray Snedegar II, Jonathan Snedegar, Mackenzie Kellison, Charles Kellison III, James Kellison, and Glenn Davis.
The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at Nicely Funeral Home, and other times at the residence of Edith and Ray Snedegar, 1010 Dunbrack Rd. Covington.
The family suggests memorial tributes take the form of contributions to Iron Gate Community Church, in care of Tiffany Snedegar, 2714 Jackson River Rd., Covington, Va. 24426.
To send condolences to the family online, visit www.nicelyfuneralhome.com.
