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- [S25] Smith Mortuary Company, www.smithmortuary.com, 13 Oct 2007.
Born: June 01, 1940
Died: October 13, 2007
Services: Funeral service will be held at 8:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2007 in the West Chapel with Rev Gillis Jackson, and Rev. Carl Crowe Officiating.
Visitation: Family will receive friends from 5:00 pm till 8:00 pm Monday in the West Chapel.
Clabough, Rev. Frank Jack age 67 of Maryville, went home to be with Jesus, Friday, October 12, 2007. He was a member of Miracle Baptist Church of Knoxville He established and pastored several churches and radio broadcast during his 42 years of ministry. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Walter & Katherine Clabough; sisters, Anna Jean Tinsley & Nancy Finchum, Grandson, Ian Spires, Nephew, Jerry Lynn Tinsley. Survivors include his beloved wife, Wanda L. Clabough; son and daughter-in-law, Gerald & Angela Clabough of Maryville; daughters & sons-in-law, Jackie & Dennis Delph of Knoxville, Connie & Kevin Spires of Maryville, Stacie & Clifford Chambers of Rockford, Stephanie & Ronnie Foster of Maryville, 19 grandchildren; brothers, Don Clabough of Seymour and James Clabough Sr. of Maryville; sisters, Barbara Stinnett of Seymour and Pat Delph of Maryville. Special thanks to Dr. Joseph Payne and his staff, Jill, Diane and Beverly with Blount Hospice. Funeral service will be held at 8:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2007 in the West Chapel with Rev Gillis Jackson, and Rev. Carl Crowe Officiating. Interment will be at 11:00 am Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Grandview Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 5:00 pm till 8:00 pm Monday in the West Chapel. Smith Funeral and Cremation Services 865-983-1000, www.smithmortuary.com
Cemetery: Grandview Cemetery
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 17 Oct 2007.
Lawn mower leads funeral procession for reverend
Daryl Sullivan/The Daily Times
The Rev. Gillis Jackson rides a lawn mower up Tuckaleechee Pike toward Grandview Cemetery as he leads the funeral procession Tuesday for the Rev. Frank Clabough, who mowed lawns for many people.
By Iva Butler
of The Daily Times Staff
As a tribute to a man who mowed yards for hundreds of Blount Countians over the years and loved people, a lawn mower led the procession of mourners from Smith Mortuary to Grandview Cemetery Tuesday morning.
The Rev. Frank Jack Clabough, 67, of Maryville died Friday at home after a battle with cancer.
Over 17 or 18 years, Clabough probably had 100 or more customers for his mowing service, said his wife, Wanda L. Clabough.
He mowed yards for Meadowood, Atchley Apartments and Edgewood, along with dozens of other Blount County residential and business customers.
Over his 42 years in the ministry and doing radio broadcasts, Clabough pastored and started several churches, including Bible Way Baptist and True Vine Baptist locally.
He was a member of Miracle Baptist Church in Knoxville.
“He was just a good man. Everybody loved him,” said Wanda Clabough.
Still an active minister, “he preached from his hospital bed two weeks ago and one got saved,” said daughter Jackie Delph of Maryville.
While Clabough used a Scagg lawn mower, the procession to the burial was led by the Rev. Gillis Jackson of Maryville, riding his own lawn mower, a Toro Z Master.
“He mowed Mom and Dad’s yard every other week since Dad couldn’t,” Delph said of Jackson.
Her husband, Dennis Delph, said of his late father-in-law, “He loved everybody.”
“When he talked to you, you knew he was sincere about anything he said. You could feel the love from him.”
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