Dorthy McClard, daughter of the late Cecil Waggoner and Edith Perry Waggoner, was born on July 10, 1933 in Pyle Town and departed this life at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on May 27, 2014 at the age of 80.

Mrs. McClard was a member of the Bridge Church of Christ in Pyle Town, had worked at Trammell Insurance as a secretary for forty-nine years and was a resident of Dexter.  She was instrumental in the founding of the Stoddard County A.R.C., a member of WPFA and a former board member for the Poplar Bluff Regional Center.

On August 27, 1951, she was united in marriage to Curtis Alvin McClard, Sr. at Pyle Town.  Mr. McClard preceded her in death on April 8, 1987.

She is survived by three sons, Curtis A. (Vickie) McClard, Jr. of Dexter, Donald R. (Patricia) McClard of  Fort Worth, Texas and Robert W. (Linda) McClard of Hamilton, Ohio; by two daughters, Carla McClard of Dexter and Gayle (Dennis) Carey of New Haven, Missouri; by one brother, Gordon Waggoner of Bloomfield; by three sisters, Reva Raymo of Dexter, Arlene Eubanks of Dexter and Marjorie Waggoner of Poplar Bluff; by eleven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Peggy McClard; by three brothers, Eldon Waggoner, Hiland Waggoner and Merlin Waggoner; and by one sister, Joyce Eskew.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, May 30, 2014 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted at the Bridge Church of Christ in Pyle Town on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. with Bernie Crum officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Caroline Dowdy Cemetery in Dexter.