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CLYKE, Laura Mae – Age 101, Sunnyville, Guysborough Co., passed away peacefully at 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2019, in the Guysborough Memorial Hospital. Born in Sunnyville she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Lucy Ann (Pelley) Pelley.
Laura was a faithful member of Grace Baptist Church, Sunnyville where she taught Sunday school for many years as well as the janitorial and maintenance duties with her husband, Phillip. She was a kind, compassionate and loving person to her family, friends and community. She was a homemaker and loved baking. Through the years she often did cooking for weddings, funerals, people who were sick or just someone in need.
More importantly she loved the Lord and read her bible daily and you could often hear her through the day singing hymns. She was genuine and hardworking. Never one to complain if there was a task that needed to be done, she always did it without hesitation.
Surviving are her sons, Berton (Stella), Wade (Wilma), both of Monastery; Dave (Elaine), Sydney; Lloyd, Sunnyville; daughters, Mary Ann Skinner, Sunnyville; Gloria (Ronald) Ash, Greenwood; adopted daughter, Clarabelle (Gladstone) William, Toronto; 29 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 14 great great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Phillip; sons, John, Reid and Lindsay and one at childbirth; daughters, Mildred and a daughter at birth; brother, Harry; sister, Georgina "Jean" and a sister in infancy.
Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday in Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home, Guysborough. Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Friday from Grace Baptist Church, Sunnyville with Pastor John Jack officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Guysborough. Memorial donations may be made to Grace Baptist Church, Sunnyville. Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at www.haverstocks.com
Visitation Information Visitation
Wednesday, Sept. 18 and Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
Visitation Time
7-9 p.m. Wednesday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday
Visitation Location
Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home, Guysborough
Service Information Service Date
Friday, September 20, 2019
Service Time
3 p.m.
Service Location
Grace Baptist Church, Sunnyville,
Burial Information Burial Date
Friday, September 20, 2019
Burial Time
Following funeral service
Burial Location
Evergreen Cemetery, Guysborough
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