Lois Clements, Parade Matriarch, Dies

CREWE, VA, Nov. 22, 2007 — Lois Clements, the grand matriarch of the Crewe Christmas Parade, has died in the shadows of next month’s Christmas extravaganza here.

For 45 years, she presided over the parade until her health forced her retirement.

She loved the parade and brought that love to making it a magical event, arguably one or two of the town’s brightest moments in Mrs. Clement’s heyday.

She gave her enormous energy to other events, too, including the Nottoway Emergency Squad, where she was a lifetime member.

Mrs. Clements was 82.

Lois Carlyle Clements, 82, died Nov. 18, 2007.

Surviving are daughters Norma Clements Tucker and husband Greg of Chesterfield and Nancy Clements Hagaman and husband Jimmie Hagaman and brother Roy Elliott Sr of Crewe; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband George Leonard Clements, and a daughter Sylvia Clements Converse of Sandston, VA.
She was a lifetime member of Nottoway Emergency Squad and a former board member of VFMA, and chairman of Crewe Christmas Parade for 45 years.

The family received friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, at Jennings-McMillian Funeral Home, Crewe, VA.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Jennings-McMillian Funeral Home with burial at Crewe Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Nottoway County Emergency Squad.