Hessie Gay (Manis) Clark, 88, Cincinnati, Ohio and a native of Byrdstown, Tennessee, passed away Friday, March 11, 2011. She was preceded in death by a brother, Ancil Manis.

She is survived by a daughter, Joyce Ward; a son, Kenneth Clark; a sister, Antha Clark; and three nieces and nephews, Jessie Cooksey, Willie Kay Reeder and Aubrey Clark.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Weldon Haddix Funeral Home with final resting place in Clark Mountain Cemetery in Pickett County, Tennessee. Arrangements made through Weldon Haddix Funeral Home of Albany.