Jim Cloar

Jim Cloar, 91, of Union City died Saturday, June 6, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. today at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church No. 2. The Rev. Mickey Hanks and the Rev. Jerrell Dawson were to officiate.
Burial with military honors was to follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were to be Stan Powell, Kenny Scott, Russell Hilton, Ricky Daniels, Jerry Moore and Richard Downing.
Honorary pallbearers were to be Bobby Hauser, Ivon King, Jim and Rachel Hurt and members of the Bible Sunday School class.
The family was to receive friends from 11 a.m. until the hour of services today at the church.
He was born on March 27, 1929, in South Fulton, son of the late Wallace Crocket “Son” and Sylvia Lee (Turner) Cloar. He married the former Sallie Laverne Sanders on Dec. 10, 1953. She passed away on July 24, 2003.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean conflict.
He worked for the former Brown Shoe Company for 37 years and was also a retired plumber. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church No. 2, where he taught Sunday School for 40 years, worked the bible school for 50 years and was song leader for 52 years. He was also a member of Men’s ministry and the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association.
The family requests memorials be sent to: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association, c/o Mrs. John Cloar, 2284 Pleasant Hill Road, Rives, TN 38253.
He is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Bennie (Kathy) Cloar of Rives and Burnie (Gwen) Cloar of South Fulton; four grandchildren, Bridget Rice of Mayfield, Ky., Ben (Tiffany) Cloar of Kenton, Trista Cloar and Elizabeth Cloar, both of Rives; four great-grandkids, and his Golden Egg, Phyllis Powell; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by his great-grandson, Braxton Cloar; great-granddaughter, Rileigh Cloar; and two brothers, John Cloar and Jerry Neal Cloar.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published 6.8.20