John Thomas Clinton Day    12/18/1914 -1/11/2008

Services for John Thomas Clinton Day 93, are scheduled for Monday, January 14, at 2:00 PM in the Autry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bud Pritchard officiating.  Burial will be in Jarratt Cemetery near Jacksonville. 
   
Mr. Day Passed away, Friday January 11, 2008, in Tyler.  He was born on Decemeber 18, 1914 in Cherokee Co. to Grover Cleavland Day and Mary Jane McRight Day.  He served his country by working in the Texas Shipyards in Port Authur during WWII.  He was an insulator in the construction industry and retired from Eastman Kodak in 1979 after more than 25 Years with the company.  He was a member of Corinth Baptist Church in years past.  The joy of his life was his family and having them close.

Mr. Day was preceded in death by his parents and his wife of 69 years Lessie Lee Schley Day in 2005. They are now reunited in love along with two grandchildren, Marcus McMahan and Michael Oden.

He is survived by his children and spouses:  Rick and Cindy Day of Cedar Hill, Glenda and Barney Lewis of Tyler, Sonja and Johnny McCoy of Tyler, Diane and Tommy Davis of Chester, VA., eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers include:  Johnny McCoy, Barney Lewis, Tommy Davis, Tommy Saulters, Jordan Day, and Jeff Williams.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, January 13, from 2 to 4 PM at Autry Funeral Home.  Memorials my be made to:  Hospice Home Place, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701

Information from Autry Funeral Home