Arlene Clifton, daughter of Ernest Grogan Clifton and Lurinda Massey, was born in 1927 and died September 17, 2009. Arlene married Floyd E. Williams (1) and Charles Emerson (2).
Arlene Clifton Emerson Obit:
REIDSVILLE — Arlene Clifton Emerson, 81, of 718 King Street, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009, at Moses Cone Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Emerson was born in Patrick County, Virginia, to the late Grogan and Luerena Massey Clifton. She was a homemaker and a former employee of Zarn and attended Burton Memorial Baptist Church.
Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands, Floyd E. Williams and Charles Emerson; sisters, Dorothy C. Brown, Bessie C. Ore, Gracie C. Byrd; brothers, Bronza, George, Ernest and Bill Clifton; grandson, Wade Ellis Williams.
Survivors include her daughters, Debbie Alcorn (Gary) of Ruffin, Anita Vernon (Gary), Alice Vernon (Kenneth), Carol Pulliam all of Reidsville; grandchildren, Renae Tejeda, Dawn Petty, Eddie Williams, Jennifer Bradford, Tina Williams and Angie Via; great-grandchildren, Nicole, Sarah, Jasper, Natalie, Bryson, Emma, Ryan and Aleiah; loving sister, Margaret C. Ore.
The family will see friends from 6 until 8 p.m. at Wilkerson Funeral Home on Saturday evening and other times at the home.