Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Clanton

April 24, 1926 - October 24, 2015

Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Clanton, age 89, of Shelbyville, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2015. Funeral services will be 2 PM Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend Randall Harmon and Reverend Jeffrey Heard will officiate, with burial to follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors 4-8 PM Monday at the funeral home. She was born April 24, 1926, in Huntsville, Alabama, to the late Charles Buford and Frances Elizabeth Akideson Rainwater. She was retired from Uniroyal Corporation with over sixty years of service, and then worked at Empire Pencil Company for ten years. She was a faithful member of East Park Methodist Church, where she played the piano for 30 years. Preceding her in death was her husband, George Clanton, three brothers, Charles. E. Rainwater, Amos Lee Rainwater, and Junior Rainwater, and a sister, Juanita Herrin. Survivors include her daughter, Janice Clanton, of Shelbyville, and a sister, Norma Jane Krueger, and her husband Donald, of Ripon, Wisconsin. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.