Mr. Leslie Wilson Clifton, age 95 of Tullahoma, Tennessee passed away
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at the Life Care Center. Funeral Services will
be held Sunday, February 7 at 2 PM at the Grundy Street Church of Christ,
301 E. Grundy St, Tullahoma with Jeff Archey officiating. Burial will
follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be
Sunday, February 7 from 12 PM until service time.
Mr. Clifton, a native of Dickson, was the son of the late Jesse Josiah and
Lillie Catherine Cline Clifton. He was a WW II Veteran serving in the U S
Army. After returning from the service, Mr. Clifton met his future wife,
Dimple Virginia Hughey and they were married in December, 1946. The couple
relocated to Tullahoma in February, 1947 due to his work with the railroad.
Mr. Clifton worked as an Assistant Communications Maintainer with CSX
Railroad and retired after 41 years. Mr. Clifton was a member of Grundy
Street Church of Christ and served as a Deacon and Elder.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, four
sisters and one grandchild, Jeff Muehlhauser.
Mr. Clifton is survived by his wife, Dimple Virginia Hughey Clifton of
Tullahoma; two daughters, Sue Muehlhauser and her husband, Joel of
Manchester and Rebecca Rayburn and her husband, Tim of Waukesha, WI; four
grandchildren, Emmely Duncan and her husband, Michael of Franklin, Eric
Muehlhauser and his wife, Jamie of Hinsdale, IL, Ashley Bennett and her
husband, Joshua of Martinez, GA and Andrew Rayburn and his wife, Lerryn of
Waukesha, WI and three great grandchildren, Caroline Duncan and Taylor and
Tenley Muehlhauser.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to the
Grundy Street Church of Christ, 301 E. Grundy St, Tullahoma, TN 37388 or
the Alzheimer’s Association, 7625 Hamilton Park Dr., Suite 6, Chattanooga,
TN 37421.
The Clifton Family would like to thank the staff of the Lantern of Morning
Point, Harriet Moore and the staff at Senior Advantage in Winchester and
the staff at the Life Care Center in Tullahoma for their loving care and
support.
DAVES-CULBERSTON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS