July 9, 1932 – December 17, 2011
Mrs. Ada Y. Clinkscales, age 79, of the Lowndesville Community, died Saturday, December 17, 2011, at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. She was a daughter of the late Samuel O’Neal Yeargin and the late Pauline Boles Yeargin. Mrs. Clinkscales was married to the late Bruce Ivy Clinkscales for 54 years. She was employed at the Rocky River Plant in
Calhoun Falls for many years, and she was also a seamstress. Ada was a graduate of Lowndesville High School.
She is survived by two sons: Allen Bruce Clinkscales (Brenda) of Iva, and Mark Clinkscales (Priscilla) of Anderson; daughters: Emily McMahan of Lowndesville; Marlene C. Helmly, Janice Parnell (Carl), and Lynette Clinkscales, all of Iva; brothers: David Yeargin (Peggy), and Paul Yeargin (Janet) both of Lowndesville; sisters: Dorothy Sanders (Charles) of Iva, Lucille Todd and Evaline Goodwin (Harold), both of Anderson. Step-sons: Dean Clinkscales of Anderson and Ronnie Clinkscales of Michigan; also surviving are 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held on Monday, December 19, 2011, at 3 PM at the Lowndesville Pentecostal Holiness Church, with Rev. Scotty Willoughby and Carl Parnell officiating. Interment will follow at the Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lowndesville. The family will receive friends at the church on Monday prior to the service from 2 PM – 3 PM, and will be at the residence of a daughter, Emily McMahan, 6554 Highway 81 North, Iva.
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