Sara Thomas Gafford Sara Thomas Gafford, 83, Clarksville, died Friday, Sept 7, 2007, at Spring Meadows Healthcare Center. The funeral will be held at 2 pm Monday at the funeral home with Rev. Steve Lannom officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm today and from noon until the hour of the service Monday at the funeral home. Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born August 31, 1924 in Montgomery County daughter of the late Lonnie Hogue and Florence Byard Hogue. She was preceded in death by her husband Hubert Gafford,a sister, Nancy Elizabeth Hogue, and a very close friend, Gordon Evans. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and was retired from Clarksville Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her son Pat Gafford, Clarksville; her daughter, Brenda Falter (Jim), Statesville, N.C.; a brother Buford Hogue, Elmwood, TN; sisters, Pauline Fontes (Ruben), Clarksville; Barbara Ippolito (Harry), Richmond, VA; and grandchildren, Amanda Gafford, Matthew Gafford, Tom Falter, Bethany Falter, Hannah Falter, and David Falter. Pallbearers will be Buford Hogue, Mark Suggs, Tom Meeks, Ruben Fontes, Jim Falter, John Key, and Raymond Pitts. Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home, 1510 Madison St., Clarksville, TN 37040. (931-645-6488) On line condolences can be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.