Edith Powell Clemons, age 99, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Friday, (June 25, 2010) at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, KY.

She was born on October 3, 1910, in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Charlie Martin Stanton and Roberta Smith Stanton. She was a housewife, a member of the Leitchfield Chapter
O.E.S., and was a member of the Broadford Baptist Church.

She is survived by one son Royce Powell (Brenda); two daughters, Barbara Clemons (Coy) of Louisville, and Alma Dale Bertram (Kenneth) of Clarkson; two daughters-in law, Joy and JoAnn Powell; eighteen grandchildren, thirty-three great- grandchildren, and twenty-four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Ewell
Powell and Clevie Clemons; three sons, Carlos, Hershell, and Delmer Powell; six brothers, Lawrence, Willis, Earl, Oval, Raymond, and Alfred Stanton; seven sisters,
Ora Stanton, Docia Dennis, Bertha Mae Gibson, Estelle Clemons, Thelma Hayes, Flora Bell Stanton, and Emma Stanton; one granddaughter, one great-grandson, and one great-great-grandson.

Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday (June 28, 2010) at the Broadford Baptist Church in Clarkson. Bros. Abb Stanton and Michael Clemons will be officiating. Burial will be in the Stanton Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Dermitt Funeral Home in Leitchfield from 1:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m. Sunday and at the Broadford Baptist Church from 11:00 a.m. Monday until time of services.

Expressions of sympathy can take the form of donations to the Stanton Cemetery Fund.