Clayton Donovan Sivley

Clayton Donovan Sivley

Decatur

Funeral for Clayton Donovan Sivley, age 18, of Decatur will be Friday, January 6, 2012, at 7 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Sellers and the Rev. James Alexander officiating. The family will receive friends for two hours prior to service at the funeral home. Graveside service and interment will be Saturday, January 7, 2012, at 11 a.m. at East Lawrence Memorial Gardens.

Clayton, who died Monday, January 2, 2012, at Children's Hospital, was born August 22, 1993, in Decatur to Donna Sivley Underwood and Jason Hilliard. He was a 2011 graduate of Decatur High School.

He is survived by his mother, Donna Sivley Underwood of Decatur; brother, Trenton Underwood of Decatur; two sisters, Santana Ward and Gabrielle Ward, both of Decatur; grandparents, Kendall and Martha Sivley of Decatur; uncle, Keith Sivley (Susanna) of Huntsville; two aunts, Teresa Owens of Decatur and Veronica Hilliard of Vancleave, Miss.; and his father, Jason Hilliard.

Pallbearers will be friends. Honorary pallbearers will be close friends, Decatur High School TSA 2008 - 2011 members; men's group at 6th Avenue Church of God; Paul Allen and Gary Evans.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial donations to Children's Hospital of Alabama, Oncology or Stem Cell Unit (1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205) the Joe Lee Griffin Hope Lodge (1104 Ireland Way, Birmingham, AL 35209) or Memorial Fund for Clayton Sivley (c/o Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Morgan County, P.O. Box 2171, Decatur, AL 35602).

Guestbook available at www.sheltonfuneral

home.net

This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.