Dennis, Clara Lucas

Clara Lucas Dennis, 87, of Pearisburg, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2008, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va.

Mrs. Dennis was born in Summers County, W.Va., on March 20, 1921, and was a daughter of the late Jacob Chapman Lucas and Rhoda Vest Lucas.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil (Major) Edward Dennis; four sisters, Margaret Davidson, Thelma Lewis, Della Quesenberry and Bertie Wooten; two brothers, Corbett Lucas and Frank Lucas; and Lucille Dennis, who was her best friend, neighbor and sister-in-law for over 50 years. Mrs. Dennis was a faithful member of the Faith Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pearisburg.

She is survived by her daughter, Sherry Dennis Tickle, of Pearisburg; two grandchildren, Aaron Matthew Tickle and wife, Amanda, of Goochland, Va., and Jared Dennis Tickle, of Pearisburg; three great-grandchildren, Jacob Xavier Tickle, Nicole Brooks Tickle and Macie Madison Tickle; one sister, Nellie L. Bennett; of Hinton, W.Va.; and many special nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2008, at the Faith Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pearisburg with the Rev. Roy Burton officiating. Burial will follow in the Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg.

The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home on Wednesday evening, July 9, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. Please use the Woodrum Street entrance. Online condolences can be sent to givensfuneralhome.com.