VELMA McCLENDON
Velma Mae (Sandy) Clayton McClendon, 87, nee McDaniel, of Harper, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014.
Services and interment were held Wednesday, Sept. 10, in Louisiana, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home of Pineville, Louisiana.
Local arrangements were under the direction of Fredericksburg Funeral Home.
Mrs. McClendon was born Feb. 24, 1927, in Louisiana, the daughter of Arthur Pierre McDaniel and Hattie Belle Campbell McDaniel.
After attending school in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, Mrs. McClendon trained on B52s during wartime.
She moved to Texas and worked many years as supervisor of central supplies and as an emergency room nurse at Tidelands Hospital in Channelview.
Upon retirement, she joined her daughters in their boutique, and then obtained her CDL license to begin trucking with her late husband.
She is survived by six children, including Frances Bryant, Pamela Lewis, Darlene Jenkins, Charlene Blair, Grady Clayton Jr. and Arthur Clayton, and one step-son, Leonard McClendon.
Survivors also include eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one sister, Mavis McDaniel Howell of Odessa.