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Clarice Blaylock Obituary

HOUSTON – Clarice O'Barr Blaylock, 81, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at Fernbrooke Personal Care Home in Houston. She was born April 3, 1933, in Okolona to Chester Jake O'Barr and Ethel Davis O'Barr. She was a former co-owner of Houston Truck Center and a member of Arbor Grove Baptist Church.
The funeral service will be Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Houston Funeral Home with Dr. Randy Rinehart and the Rev. Jonathan Childress officiating. Burial will follow at Macedonia Methodist Church Cemetery in Houston.
Survivors include her daughters, Linda (Johnny) Young of Houston, Donna Bolden of Houston, Nancy Kay (Jamie) Utz of Houston; daughter-in-law, Sandra Bray of Houston; her son, Bobby Bray of Houston; her brother, Jake "Billy" (Jeanette) O'Barr of Columbus; her grandchildren, Jennifer (Russell) Kilgore, Jake (Ginger) Young, Amanda (Brucey) Pettit, Tara (Rocky) McGee, Jessica Whitt (Craig McManus) and R.J. Utz; her great-grandchildren, Kaleigh Young, Ronnie Young, J.D. Hallmark, Kinley Hallmark, Devin Boggs, Wyatt Bray, Hayden McGee, Kylie Whitt, Karen Whitt, Ryder Pettit.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joe Blaylock, on July 19, 2004; and her son, Jimmy Bray.
Pallbearers are Jake Young, R.J. Utz, Aaron Griggs, Lamon Griggs, Rodney Griggs, John Lee Lyles and Derrick Griffin.
Visitation is Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Houston Funeral Home.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal from Dec. 11 to Dec. 12, 2014.

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