Elmer Lee

Clements

Obituary

Elmer Lee Clements, 84, of Tifton died Friday, September 12, 2008 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 14, 2008, at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Robert Thompson will officiate with burial to follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of Oak Grove Baptist Church. The family will receive friends on Saturday, September 13, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Mr. Clements was born on December 21, 1923 in Ben Hill County and was the son of Samuel Roberts Clements and Mary Johnson Clements, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Wiley Clements and Eston Clements. He was a retired postal clerk with the United States Postal Service and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army in World War II.

Mr. Clements is survived by his wife, Lillian Elizabeth Patrick Clements of Tifton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Randy and Linda Clements of Tifton and Mike and Jo Clements of Tifton; two brothers, Wayne Clements of Cumming and Gerald Clements of Mississippi; three sisters, Lucille Dowdy of Cordele, Reba Crumley of Valdosta and Marie Hand of Brunswick; five grandchildren, Ryan Clements and his wife Sarah, Amanda Chilvers and her husband Will, Joshua Clements and his wife Beverly, Jason Clements and his fiance' Maddy Bodes, and Jasmine Clements and her fiance' Mathew Smith; and one great granddaughter, Alexa Clements.