Clara Fisher Stafford

July 24, 1925 - July 17, 2017

Hayes: Clara Fisher Stafford, 91, was called home to our Lord on July 17, 2017. Clara was a native of Hyde County, North Carolina. She had made her home in Gloucester for many years and was a dedicated member of Abingdon Episcopal Church. Clara graduated from high school when she was seventeen years old, and during WWII she was employed at the Newport News shipyard. She was strong, kind, always smiling with a great spirit of joy, and a love for life and people. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen Philip Stafford. Clara will be remembered always by her three children, Samuel Philip Stafford (Tina), Anne Stafford McCann (Rob) and John Barton Stafford (Evie). Funeral service officiated by Reverend Sven van Baars will be 12:00 noon, Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Abingdon Episcopal Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, July 21, 2017, from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at Hogg Funeral Home, Gloucester Point. In our mother’s memory contributions may be sent to Abingdon Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 82, White Marsh, Virginia 23183, or the Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue, P. O. Box 9, Bena, Virginia 23018. Please visit www.hoggfh.com to share condolences and memories.