Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:17 pm Monday, December 14, 2015

Clifton Cleo Lane

Clifton Cleo Lane, 86, Russellville, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.

Mr. Lane lived his entire life in Franklin County and was a member of Tharptown Baptist Church. He served in the Army during the Korean War and was a member of the Cattlemen’s Association. He was owner of Lane Plumbing and Heating.

Funeral service will be Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, 2 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home in Russellville with Bobby Amos officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in Tharptown Cemetery.

Survivors include children, Joe Lane and wife, Brenda, Patrick Lane, Jeannie Martin and husband, Richard, Danna Grant and husband, Mike, Stacy Lane; sisters, June Amos and Barbara Amos; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Lane; brothers, William, Herman, Hoyt and Howard Lane; sisters, Louise Moland and Mildred Wells.

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