Clara Mae Neighbors of Springtown, Texas passed away October 4, 2013, at the age of 95. She was born March 3, 1918 to William Lee Jacobs and Betty A. (Briscoe) Jacobs in Hillsboro, Texas. Clara married Reuben Franklin Neighbors on June 30, 1934, in Vera, Texas. She is a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Springtown, Texas and a former member of Christ Memorial Baptist Church in Quinlan, Texas.
Clara is survived by her daughter, Betty Hammond of Springtown, Texas; sons, Reuben Neighbors and wife, Joan of Garland, Texas and Billy Neighbors and wife, Shirley of Statesville, North Carolina; 18 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 25 great-great-grandchildren and numerous other loving relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Reuben Neighbors; nine brothers and sisters; great-granddaughter, Jodie Hall and great-grandson, Michael Woodard.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2013, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, Texas. Interment is to follow service at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas. The family will receive friends during a visitation on Wednesday evening beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.