Clara Helen Neel

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CENSUS RECORDS

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Clara Neal
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1934
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
Street: Wayne
House Number: 1133
Inferred Residence in 1935: Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Household Members:
Watson Neal 48
Bernnie Neal 44
Kathleen Neal 18
Bill Neal 17
Fannie Neal 14
Joe Neal 12
Evelyn Neal 11
Pauline Neal 8
Clara Neal 6
Frank Neal 3
Frances Neal 2

City Directories, 1821-1989
Publication Title: Bluefield, West Virginia, City Directory, 1955
Name: Clara H Lovelace
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1955
Street Address: 27y2 Willow
Residence Place: Bluefield, West Virginia
Spouse: E Vance Lovelace

OBITUARY

From Find A Grave

EASLEY, S.C. ? Clara Helen Lovelace, age 76, of 536 Raines Road, Easley, S.C., formerly of Bluewell, died on
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at her the residence of her son in Easley.

Born on Feb. 18,1934 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Watson and Brenda Victoria Perdue
Neal. She was a member of the Providence Baptist Church in Berea, S.C. She had formerly worked at the Stop &
Save Store in Bluefield.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emory Lovelace; sisters, Fannie Hawks, Evelyn Caudill, and Cleo Mathena; and brothers, Gus, William, Hubert, and Joe Neal.

Survivors: Sons, William V. Lovelace of Easley, S.C., Jeffery S. Lovelace of Easley, S.C., Kenneth S. Lovelace of
Easley, S.C.; daughter-in-law, Loretta B. Lovelace of Easley, S.C.; brother, Frank Neal of Morgantown, Ind.;
sisters, Pauline Burton of Bluefield, W.Va., Frances Neal of Richmond, Va., Kathlene Neal of Tampa, Fla.;
grandchildren, Joshua Lovelace and Aaron Lovelace; stepgrandchildren, Jason Smith and Michelle Barton; greatgrandchildren, Chris Lovelace, Amber Lovelace, and Kaitlyn Lovelace; stepgreat-grandchildren, Jarod Barton,
Logan Smith, and Hailey Smith.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in
Bluewell with the Reverend James Milam officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton.
Her sons and family will be serving as pallbearers. Friends may call on Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the
funeral home.

The family is accepting online condolences at www.cravens-shires.com

Buried:
Grave location:
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Died:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Clara Helen Lovelace
Last Residence: 24701 Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
Born: 18 Feb 1934
Died: 9 Apr 2011
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)

Clara married Emory Vance Lovelace 10 Feb 1951, Mercer Co. WV. Emory was born ca 1920, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV. [Group Sheet]