We have lost an outstanding native of Dixon Springs, Smith Co., TN. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesdispatch/obituary.aspx?n=robert-clay&pid=142579741 I was fortunate enough to have met Bob when, as the Chairperson of the South Carolina Genealogical Society's Annual Workshop in the 1990s, I invited him to be a presenter. His presentation was the hit of the workshop that year. We also had a chance to talk about our Smith Co., TN lines, and the contributions he frequently made to the Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society's Quarterly Newsletter. Although we did not have any direct genealogical ties, he later sent me info on a surname line that was related to another researcher I was corresponding with. He was a very warm, kind, generous man, whom I will always dearly remember. Joy