Deloris Docieola Clinton 59 of Novice formerly of Hawley passed away Thursday April 29 2010. Visitation will be Saturday from 6-7:30 p.m. at North's Funeral Home 242 Orange Street. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Hawley with burial to follow at the Hawley Cemetery. Heath Powers and Joseph Jones will officiate under the direction of North's Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be: Steve Mayhall Todd Frohn Jerry Prince Brent Bristow Robert Mills and David McCaghren. Deloris was born December 6 1950 in Kermit Texas to Burney and Lorene Carnes. The family moved to Hawley when she was five years old. It was there several years later that she met the love her life Johnny Clinton through a mutual friend Douglas Schmitt. Deloris and Johnny married on June 20 1969 two years after meeting. Deloris had a great passion and deep love for her family especially her husband daughters and grandchildren. She enjoyed helping people especially children. She taught Sunday School Awanas and other children's programs some of which she started. She sang in the choir and was chairperson for VBS. She had a great love for sewing gardening reading nature and teaching her grandchildren about God and all the things she loved. She is preceded in death by her father Burney Carnes; sister-in-law Carol Carnes; and nieces Chanda Pittman and Kathy Carnes. She is survived by her husband Johnny; daughters Angela Clinton of Dallas Laura Clinton of Hawley and Sara and husband Frank Skiles of Waco; grandsons Nicholas and Mason Rains of Dallas Rowdy Matthew and Tucker Lord of Hawley; her mother Lorene Carnes of Hawley brothers Billy and wife Brenda Carnes Rodger Carnes Gery and wife Wanda Carnes all of Hawley and sister Barbara and husband Wayne Taggart of Novice. She also left behind numerous other family and friends along with her beloved dog Mollie. She had a gracious soul that will be deeply missed. Online condolences can be made at www.northsfuneralhome.com