Ressie Ernestine Dixon Clay, age 87, a resident of Lockesburg, Ark., passed away on Friday, April 11, 2025, in Nashville, Ark.
She was born Nov. 2, 1937 in Lockesburg. She was a homemaker, a member of Lockesburg First Baptist Church, and she enjoyed spending time with her great-grandson, Brooks Smith.
Mrs. Clay was preceded in death by her parents, Marion and Minnie Ayers Dixon; her husband, Donald Alton Clay; a grandson, P.J. Smith; two brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by one daughter, Pam (Wayne) McAnelly; two sons, John (Shelba) Smith and Scott Smith; one sister, Laverne Renfrow; her grandchildren, Heather (Michael) Withers, Melissa (Sam) Ragar, Josh Smith, Taylor Smith, and Dalton (Dakota) Smith; her great-grandchildren, Kenan Withers, Forrest Sandoval, Ella Ragar, Ava Ragar, McKenzie Smith, Laney Smith, Brooks Smith, Ivy Smith, Hagen Sandoval, and Rowdy Celsor; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Clay were held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 14, 2025, in the Coulter Memorial Cemetery in Lockesburg with Rev. John Henry Williams officiating, under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home.
The family received friends starting at 9:00 a.m., one hour prior to the service, at the cemetery.
You may leave a condolence online at www.wilkersonfuneralhomes.com.
