Anna Dorine Early

Mrs. Anna D. Clay Early, age 84 of Winnsboro, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2022 in Tyler. She was born on September 4, 1938 in Greenwood, Texas to the late William "Bill" Allen and Anna Vanginault Gibson Allen.

Anna was a retired LVN for Presbyterian Hospital in Winnsboro and a longtime member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, John Paul Clay and Donald Early, brother William Allen and a daughter, Cindy Lou Villarreal.

Survivors include her son, Johnny Lee Clay and wife, Reva of Winnsboro; daughters, Deborah Ann Montgomery and husband Tommy Nash of Winnsboro, Carolyn Sue Nipp and husband, Randall of Emory; brother, Roy D. Allen; eleven grandchildren, Rusty Clay, Shawna Clay, Leslie Clay, Lisa Cotten, Adam Montgomery, Brandy Nipp, Russel Nipp, Stacy Nipp, Tony Clay, Daniel Villarreal, and Eric Villarreal; twenty two great-grandchildren, William, Anna, Racheal, Dustin, Dillon, Khai, Eli, Echo, Evander, Allie, Jessica, Brazzus, Aspen, Falcon, Jason, Tamarra, Cavanna, Gilberto, Faith, Layla, Ezra, and Tony and 4 great great-grandchildren, Lilly, Lukas, Serenity, and Levi.

Visitation will be held on Friday, December 2, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Beaty Funeral Home 816 W. Broadway Winnsboro, TX 75494. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro at 11:00 am with Rev. Nub Brown conducting. Interment will follow at Harmony Cemetery in Winnsboro, with Russell Nipp, Adam Montgomery, Daniel Villarreal, Erick Villarreal, Tony Clay Jr. and Dustin Cotten serving as pallbearers.