JEFFERSON – Claire Elrod Venable, 77, has died.
She was the daughter of the late James Terrell Elrod and Ruth Jacks Elrod.
Survivors include three sons, Steve Douglas Venable, Jefferson, Timothy Allan Venable and Larry Randall Venable, both of Athens; one brother, Theo Harrison Elrod, Evans, Ga.; two sisters, Betty Elrod Gibson, Jefferson, and Martha Elrod Nelms, Athens; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 26, at 3 p.m., in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home with the Rev. Jesse Mealor officiating. Burial will be in the Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 3 p.m. prior to the service on Thursday.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.