LEON CLARADY
"POSSUM"
SUNRISE: OCTOBER 30, 1949
SUNSET: DECEMBER 23, 2021

BIO INFORMATION:
LEON CLARADY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 30, 1949 TO THE LATE WILLIE B. AND DAISY M. CLARIDY
HE ACCEPTED CHRIST EARLY IN LIFE AND WAS BOUGHT UP IN A RELIGIOUS HOME. HE WAS EDUCATED AND GRADUATED FROM J.R.E. LEE SCHOOL IN 1969.
AFTER GRADUATION, LEON ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY, SERVING A TOUR IN VIETNAM AND RETURNED TO COMPLETE SERVING IN THE RESERVES. AFTER HIS SERVICE ENDED, HE SPENT TIME IN CONNECTICUT BEFORE SETTLING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN 1995, LEON RETURNED HOME TO JASPER AND FINALLY SETTLED. LEON HAD A BRAIN FOR KNOWING HOW THINGS WORKED AND ALWAYS LOVED TO SAY "HE HAD HANDS OF A WORKING MAN". HE LOVED TO WORK ON CARS, AND ON MANY DAYS WOULD WORK FROM DUSK TO DAWN.
LEON LOVED FAMILY AND WOULD DO ANY AND EVERYTHING HE COULD TO HELP, EVEN WHEN HE DIDN'T FEEL HIS BEST. HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS FIRM WITH HIS "YES'S" AND "NO'S". HIS FAVORITE SAYING WAS "YEAH, RIGHT".
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, BROTHERS: WILLIE B. JR., RICHARD SR., EARL SR., FREDDY SR. AND SISTERS: ANN, LINDA AND BURNETT

LEON LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES:
HIS DEVOTED AND LOVING WIFE OF 26 YEARS, IRENE CLARADY
CHILDREN: LEO(JONICA) CLARADY, AND SUNSHINE(TRACY) GANTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CINDY SIMMONS(JASPER), TERRACE(ANTHONY) BELLAMY (JACKSONVILLE, FL) AND JOSHUA(CANDICE) JOHNSON (JENNINGS, FL)
GRANDCHILDREN: KIVISHA, CAMERON, DERRICK, MAKAYLA, JOSHUA JR., JOYDEN, XAVIER, JA'NYLA, JAZEMINE, RAJSHUN, CHRISTIAN AND GREAT-GRANDSON: BLAKE
BROTHERS: JIMMY(QUEEN) CLARIDY (LIVE OAK), ERIC(AMY) CLARIDY (ALCOA, TN) AND SISTER: PAULA(FRED) WILSON (JASPER)
AUNTS: JOSEPHINE(ARTHUR) DRIVER, GRIFFIN, GA, MATTIE P. JOHNSON AND DOROTHY JOHNSON(BOTH OF JASPER)
SISTERS IN LAW: ESTELLE CLARIDY, ANN BROWN, AND CHRISTINE MASON AND BROTHERS IN LAW: NORMAN WHITAKER AND JULIUS WHITAKER.
A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER SORROWFUL RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. SPECIAL FRIENDS, ROBERT EARL, BEN AND CONTRIDA JACKSON.