Clara Milam

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Clara Juanita Stancil Milam, 89, passed away February 11, 2007.

Mrs. Milam was born February 20, 1917 in Dahlonega, Georgia and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1940 moving there from Akron. She worked as a beautician for Margaret Riehl Beauty Shop and later Marge's Modernaire. She was an outstanding creative poet, having published four poems, a member of the National Poet's Society and attended The Chapel.

Preceded in death by her husband James L., she is survived by her daughters, Rev. Donna and Merlin Conner of Youngstown, Linda K and Paul N. Hamric of Akron and Paulette Norton of Greenville, SC; eight grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren and brother, Terrell Stancil of Atlanta, GA.

My River of Dreams
My river of dreams keeps calling me back,
To the days of my childhood - some good and some bad.
Seems smaller somehow than I can recall,
Like the hills and mountains and trees that were tall.
A river can be treacherous if rushing through the rocks,
Or as soothing as a summer night in a summery frock.
Tra la la la la la la la la la
Or as soothing as a summer breeze on a summery night.
~~Clara J. Milam

Friends may call from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to the time of service on Saturday in The Clifford-Shoemaker Funeral Home, 1930 Front St., Cuyahoga Falls where a funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Rev. Donna Conner officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.

The family requests memorials to the Falls Firefighters and Community Society, Inc. PO Box 189, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44222-0189 in her memory.