CLIFFORD M. SINCLAIR

SINCLAIR, CLIFFORD M. age 95, of Hoover, died November 6, 2011. He was a native of Nashville, Tennessee, but lived in Hoover since 1967. He attended Hume Fogg High School in Nashville and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. In WW II he entered the Navy as an Ensign. After indoctrination at Dartmouth and Radar training at Harvard and MIT be served in the Amphibious Corp aboard the USS Funston in the European, Mediterranean and Pacific theatres. Discharged as a Lieutenant in 1946, be rejoined Southern Bell in Nashville and on March 1 married Evelyn Perdue. They celebrated sixty-five wonderful years of marriage in 2011. Clifford served with Southern and South Central Bell in Nashville, Jackson, Atlanta (twice) and Birmingham. He retired in Birmingham in 1981 after a career that spanned 41 years service in the Plant, Engineering, Commercial and Marketing departments. He was a Licensed Professional Engineer and served as an engineering consultant for a number of years after retirement. Clifford was also an Antique Dealer and owned Sinclair Antique Shop in Franklin Tennessee from 1961 until 1988. He was a lifelong Baptist. He enjoyed many hobbies, including Amateur Radio, boating, sports cars and motorcycles. He took up sport flying at age 50 and flew until age 82. He was a long time member of the Birmingham Aero Club, the Ercoupe Owners Club and more recently the Bessemer Pilots association. His greatest joy was his family. He was a caring and loving husband, father and grandfather and devoted to his friends. He is survived by his wife Evelyn P. Sinclair, son Thomas M. Sinclair and granddaughters Sara Margaret and Molly Sinclair. Burial will be in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville TN.