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Dorothy Claycomb, Taylor Co., KY (1925-2011)

She was a member of a highly regarded Taylor Co., KY, family. She was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In her early years she worked to promote the war effort in World War II waiting for her husband to return home. She was retired from Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville, KY, after a 26 year career
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Dorothy Claycomb, 85, Campbellsville, KY died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 in Campbellsville, KY.

Funeral services will be held at 11amET/10amCT, Friday, June 3, 2011, at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon AV, Campbellsville, KY, by Pastor Wayne Brooks and Rev. Ron Ferree. Burial will be in Brookside Cemetery, West Main ST, Campbellsville, KY.



Pallbearers: T.J. Burriss, Jeff Claycomb, Ricky Claycomb, Scott Claycomb, Gary Graham, Ronnie Sexton, and Troy Wright.

Honorary pallbearers: Faye Cook, Brenda Hicks, Debbie Nollley, Betty Pukacchio, Amedisys Home Health Nurses, Bethany Sunday School Class of First Presbyterian Church, and Members of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.


Dorothy Claycomb, Taylor Co., KY (1925-2011)

Dorothy Claycomb was the daughter of the late Roy Walter Sexton and Pearl Elizabeth Dixon Sexton. She was born in Taylor Co., KY, Tuesday, July 21, 1925. She died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 in Campbellsville. Taylor Co., KY at the age of 85 years, 10 months, and 10 days.

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

She worked in several factories in 1943 to promote the war efforts while waiting on her husband, Conrad, to return home from World War II.

She worked at Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville for over twenty-six years until she retired in 1988. She was also a homemaker, a loving wife and mother.

She united in marriage to William Conrad Claycomb September 17, 1943.

Besides her husband, William Conrad Claycomb, she is survived by the following:
  • Three sons and one daughter: Billy Claycomb and wife, Debbie of Campbellsville, KY; Connie Jo Wright and husband, Bill of Greensburg, KY; Thomas A. Claycomb and wife, Darlene and Jackie Claycomb and wife, Ruth of Harrodsburg. KY

  • Four grandsons: Ricky Claycomb and wife, Lisa of Campbellsville, KY; Troy Wright and wife, Elizabeth of Greensburg, KY; Scott Claycomb and wife, Heather of Lexington, KY; and Jeff Claycomb and wife, Crimson of Harrodsburg, KY

  • Four great-granddaughters

  • Five sisters: Wilma Jean Farmer and husband, Gerald, Sue Burriss and husband, Jackie L., Jewell Beard and Kaye Harrison of Campbellsville, KY; Linda O. Castillo and husband, Pepi of Birmingham, AL

  • One sister in law: Faye Sexton of Campbellsville, KY

  • Several nieces and nephews

  • Many other relatives and friends
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Dianne Claycomb in infancy and two brothers and two sisters: Roy O. "Tom" Sexton, Billy Frank Sexton, Deloris Graham and Geneva Mattingly.Expressions of sympathy requested to be donations to the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and may be made at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.The Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon AV, Campbellsville, KY.


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Dorothy Claycomb, Taylor Co., KY (1925-2011)



2011-06-03 - 418 Lebanon AV, Campbellsville, KY - Photo from the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.
Dorothy Claycomb, Taylor Co., KY (1925-2011)

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