Leona Clark Horne

Leona Clark Horne, a resident of Dothan, died Thursday, July 12, 2007 at Westside Terrace. She was 98.

Funeral services will be 4 p.m. today at Tabernacle United Methodist Church with Rev. C. Jonathan Couey and Rev. Dean Allerheiligen officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Horne will be placed in the church one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the United Methodist Children's Home, P.O. Box 830, Selma, AL 36702-0830 or to the Tabernacle United Methodist Church, 4205 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305.

Mrs. Horne was born May 19, 1909 to George Dee and Ella Trawick Clark in Geneva County and resided most of her life in the Tabernacle Community. She was a graduate of Dothan High School, class of '26 and attended Troy Normal College, now Troy University. She transferred to Auburn University, where she received her BS degree in education. She taught school at Big Creek, Malvern, Slocomb, Cottonwood and Rehobeth. She was the widow of Clayton Horne and after his death in 1977, she operated the Horne and Dee Clark farms. She was a member of the Tabernacle United Methodist Church, where she served on the Administrative Board as well as the Board of Trustees.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Horne was preceded in death by a brother, W.M. Clark, and by a sister, Maude Pruett.

Survivors include a daughter, Jane H. Ramsey, Dothan; a granddaughter, Margaret Valenza and her husband, Donald, of Dothan; a great granddaughter, Elizabeth Valenza, Dothan; a sister, Carolyn Simmons, Andalusia; several nieces, nephews and other family members.