There is an excellent article about Bob in this morning's Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper. We'll really miss him here in Richmond. I visited Bob last week-end in the nursing home. He was taken to the hospital about a month ago with pneumonia and asthma and trouble swallowing. Then he was taken to a nursing home to have a feeding tube inserted, but he decided not to have that done. I think he was very, very tired. Frankie Liles In a message dated 5/10/2010 11:31:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, joyk@sc.rr.com writes: We have lost an outstanding native of Dixon Springs, Smith Co., TN. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesdispatch/obituary.aspx?n=robert-clay&p id=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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNSMITH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message