Samuel Clay Jr. ’39

AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Sam died Sept. 24, 1990, at his home in Paris, Ky., where he lived all his life. Upon graduation, he returned to Paris to take up farming, affiliated with his father. In 1965 he also began an association with the Bourbon Agricultural Deposit Bank and Trust Co., eventually becoming board chairman, a position he held to the end of his life. He also continued to farm until the day his son Sam III could take over, continuing a family pattern of several generations.

Sam and Dorothy Lair were married in 1943. Living in the house where he was born, they were surrounded by family and friends of long standing, a style of life Sam loved. He also enjoyed serving on local boards involving community welfare and was deacon at North Middletown Christian Church. One friend said of him, "He was never looking for the limelight. He went about doing good and he went about doing it quietly." Said another, "He was an intellect and he was compassionate. He was just a fine man."

To lose him is hard for all who knew him. We share that loss and offer our sincere sympathy to Dorothy; their two daughters, Kate Barret and Martha; their sons, Sam Clay III and Charlton; and all his extended family.

The Class of 1939