McClinton, Nettie (1916-2011)

MCCLINTON, SMITH, BROWN, MCABEE, HENEGAR, LIGHT, SHEARER, GOODWIN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/16/2011 at 16:14:56

Nettie McClinton
March 31, 1916 - January 06, 2011

Storm Lake, Iowa

Nettie Sue McClinton, age 94, of Storm Lake, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 06, 2011, at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake.

Nettie was born March 31, 1916, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to James W. and Jennie A. (Brown) Smith, the fourth child in a family of eight children. The family moved to Chickasaw, Oklahoma, where Nettie accepted Jesus and was baptized. She became a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. Nettie graduated from Chickasaw High School.

While in Oklahoma, Nettie met Buford McClinton, and the two were married on November 26, 1938, in Des Moines. To that union was born one son, Thomas. The couple lived for 60 years on the east side of Des Moines where Nettie worked as a switchboard operator and homemaker. Nettie was famous for her cooking, especially for her homemade bread and cinnamon rolls and for her German sweet chocolate cakes and pies.

Nettie was preceded in death by her parents, James, Sr., and Jennie Smith; two brothers, Oren and James, Jr.; three sisters: Alma McAbee, Ruth Henegar, and Francis Light; and her husband, Buford.

Nettie is survived by her son, Thomas (Jane) McClinton, of Storm Lake; two grandsons, Sean (Angeline) McClinton, of Mankato, Minnesota, and Shane (Michaelyn) McClinton, of West Des Moines; one granddaughter, Shannon (Brian) Shearer, of Denver, Colorado; six great grandsons: Dylan, Evan, Kellan, Brody, Alec and Blake; one sister, Sarah Goodwin, of Torrance, California; one brother, Bud (Bobbi) Smith, of Payson, Arizona; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Graveside Service: 10:30 a.m. January 10, 2011, at Highlands Memory Gardens in Des Moines, Iowa.

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