Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
5:49 pm Sunday, May 1, 2011

Jay W. LeClere

Jay W. LeClere

April 27, 2011

Jay W. LeClere, 45, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at his residence in Phil Campbell.
He was a native of Houston, Texas, but had lived in this area for the past 16 years. He was a general laborer.
The funeral service will be Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home Chapel in Russellville with Jim Lumpkin officiating.

Burial will be at Hardshell Cemetery in Moulton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m.
He is survived by his son, Garrett Wade LeClere, of Phil Campbell; step-children, Marisa Jade McCormick and Jeffrey Wayne McCormick, Jr.; sister, Valerie LeClere, of Texas; nieces, Brandi Allen and Elizabeth Myers, both of Florence; friend, Paul Allen; several other nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Amy LeClere; parents, Carl and Shirley LeClere; brother, Wesley LeClere.

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