Esther H. McClelland, 90, of Ocilla, died Friday, June 1, 2012, at Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home in Ocilla.
Graveside services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, June 2, 2012 in Old Valley Grove Cemetery, Irwin County with the Rev. William Pope officiating. Visitation will be held at the funeral home in Ocilla one hour prior to the graveside service.
Mrs. McClelland was born March 2, 1922 in Rose Hill, NC to the late William and Rachael Roust Hawes. She lived in Irwin County most of her life where she raised her family and was co-owner/operator of Varney’s Farm Supply along side her husband. Mrs. McClelland was a loving and hard-working wife, mother and grandmother. She attended the Ocilla Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law Carey D. & Cherie McClelland of Ocilla and Darien H. & Sue McClelland of Heavner, OK; 6 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Varney D. McClelland, and a daughter, Esther Lurrice Arnold.