Martha Clinton-Clenney

Mrs. Martha Ann Clinton Clenney, 79, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012, at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, Florida. Services for Mrs. Clenney will be held Monday, October 29, 2012, 2:00 p.m., at Aenon Baptist Church in Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. John McDaniel will officiate. Interment will be held at 4:00 p.m., Oak City Cemetery in Bainbridge, Georgia. James Childers, Jr., Derek Rooks, Freddy Hirsch, Mitch Clenney, Rusty Clenney, Joey Harris, and Jeff Simpson will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Martha Ann Cinton was born in Bainbridge, Georgia, August 9, 1933, to Hugh Alexander Clinton and Lela Gertrude Jowers Clinton. Martha Ann moved to Tallahassee when she was in her teens. She was married to Elzie Clenney, who preceded her in death, for 56 years. She was a busy housewife and mother. Mrs. Clenney was a member of Aenon Baptist Church. Martha Ann Clenney is survived by her children: Barbara Ann Zorn and husband, Winston of Reynoldsville, Georgia; Frankie Lee Clenney of Bronson, Florida; Marlene Childers and husband, Gerald of Woodville, Florida; Brenda Clenney of Crawfordville, Florida; Cynthia Miller and husband, Wendell of Crawfordville, Florida; and Amy Shiver and husband, Clark of Thomasville, Georgia; one sister, Margaret (Pat) Carroll and husband, Carl of Tallahassee, Florida; 15 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and sons, Robert Benjamin Clenney and Elzie Steve Clenney. Memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32308 or Aenon Baptist Church Media Fund, 6073 Blountstown Highway, Tallahassee, Florida 32310.