Biography of Earl C. Clay, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Among the leading dentists of this area, you will always find the name of Dr.
Earl C. Clay, of Forrest City prominently listed. Dr. Clay was born in Okolona,
Miss., Oct. 21, 1896, son of the late Rev. N. R. Clay and Mrs. Agnes (Bardwell)
Clay. He was graduated from East College High School and Sophomore College
before he received his D. D. S. Degree from MeHarry Medical College in 1922. He
came to Forrest City from Amory, Miss. on Aug. 1, 1922, and opened his office.
On July 28, 1922, he married Lela Raines, daughter of David H. and Grace Ann
(Williams) Raines of Shreveport, La.. She is a registered pharmacist of
Arkansas, and a graduate of School of Pharmacy at MeHarry Medical College, in
1921. They have one son, Earl Jr., who is attending the University of Arkansas
Medical School, and a daughter, Alice Clay, who is now Mrs. Kenneth G. Purvis.
Mr. Purvis is employed with the filing department of the U. S. Government
Ordnance Plant in Indianapolis, Indiana. They have four children, Alcie, Kenneth
Gray, Lamont Cranston, and a daughter, Mrs. Lennie Raines Bargyh, a teacher at
Lincoln High School, Forrest City. The older two brothers, Dr. R. F. Clay,
deceased, who practiced medicine in Forrest City from 1922 to 1925, and Roy F.
Clay of Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Clay is a member of the Arkansas Medical, Dental
and Pharmaceutical Society, and the National Dental League, and the Methodist
church. During World War I he was a member of the U. S. Army, enlisting Oct. 5,
1918 and discharged Dec. 17, 1918.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas