Mary Emmette "Memmette" Claunch

I wanted to share this obituary with you.  This is Jason's aunt, his mother's
sister. It is also the grandmother of my dear friends Tammy Claunch Matte
and Thomas Claunch. It was on my visits to see Memmette and Aunt Carole
with Tammy & Thomas that I met Jason.
Memmette will be sorely missed.

CLAUNCH, Mary Emmette ''Memmette'', a resident of Hayneville, Alabama, completed her long race and joined the cloud of witnesses on December 11, 2007. Celebration services will be held in Hayneville, Alabama on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. from the Christian / Methodist Church with Ministers Mark Jackson, Dale Braxton and Tim Steward officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Willing Cemetery. Mrs. Claunch was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Howard Claunch (Col., U.S. Army Retired). She is survived by her daughter, Carole Claunch Scrushy of Hayneville; two sons, Thomas Howard Claunch, Jr. of Hayneville, James Emmett (Sharon) Claunch of Panama City, Florida; one sister, Jane (Robert) Crum Walker of Hueytown; two brothers, James Colvin Crum of Lowndesboro, Edward (Barbara) Craig Crum of Auburn; nine grandchildren, Traci (T.R.) Bowser, Jonathan (Kristi) Claunch, Mary (Lane) Davis, Joshua D. Claunch, Thomas H. Claunch, III, Tamara (Paul) Matte, Sonya Belle (Ray) Abner, Kathleen Leigh Scrushy, Emmett Claunch (Brenda) Scrushy; five great-grandchildren, Will Abner, AnnaBelle Marie Abner, Taylor Ryan Bowser, Mallory Belle Matte, Michael Paul Matte; one very special family member, Catherine ''Cat'' Cannion. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 14, 2007 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at White Chapel Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be, Paul E. Crum, Gene Dismukes, Richard V. Harrell, Jr., Jason Walker, Robert (Edward) Crum and Dwight Julian. Honorary Pallbearers will be Ted Bozeman, M. E. Marlette and the Men of the Christian/Methodist Church. ''Memmette'' will lie in state one hour prior to the service on Saturday- at 10:00 A.M.. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be made to the Hayneville Christian Church. White Chapel-Greenwood Funeral Home Directing