![]() ![]() ![]() From 1942 to 1945, Eddie served in the U. Unable to find engineering work, Eddie returned to the University of Illinois, earned his law degree, and in 1941 became the first Chinese American admitted to the Illinois Bar. That same year, he was commissioned 2nd Lt, Signal Corps while also assuming the role of father-his own father having died and leaving the restaurant, his mother, and 3 boys to care for. Eddie grew up in Danville, Illinois and began his military career enlisting in the Officer’s Reserve Corps while attending the University of Illinois where he received his Engineering Degree in 1937. Edward Hong was 8 when he arrived at Angel Island in 1923. Monday at Miller Funeral Home in Ashland.Born in a small village south of Canton, China, Lt. The family will receive friends from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Burial will be in Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens, with military graveside rites by Kenova American Legion Post 93. 19, 2011, at Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Clay, Kiersten Beth Patterson, Stephen Clay Jr., April Clay Shields, Michael Clay, Daniel Totten and Jason Totten 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. He is survived by two sons, Stephen Clay and his wife, Edna, of Marble, N.C., and Edward Clay and his wife, Jetta, of Catlettsburg a daughter, Kelley Totten and her husband, Jimmy, of California a cousin, Anna Marie Jackson of Cannonsburg seven grandchildren, William E. Clay and Grover Clay and an infant sister. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Pat Varga Clay a daughter, Donna Irene Clay Kosa two brothers, Franklin D. He obtained his Pilgram Degree in the Moose Lodge in 2000. He was an accomplished pilot with A&E Ticket, a member of the Civil Air Patrol, a Mason, a member of the VFW and American Legion, a former Ashland auxillary policeman and a member of Moose Lodge 2158 in Riverview, Fla., from 1976 until his death. Clay was a World War II Navy Seabee veteran who served in the South Pacific Theater as a motor machinist’s mate. He was a Christian man and a wonderful and dedicated father. ![]() He was a retired electrician for Knight Electrical in Tampa, Fla. He was born May 2, 1925, in Boyd County, Ky., the son of the late Franklin Pierce and Kathleen Burns Clay. 14, 2011, in Charles George Veterans Administration Medical Center in Asheville, N.C. Donald Edward Clay, 86, of Marble, N.C., formerly of Ashland, died Wednesday, Sept. ![]()
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