Clary Hairston
Posted: September 28, 2016
COLUMBUS — Clary Follins-Hairston died Sept. 19, 2016. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lee-Sykes Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be from noon-5 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Hairston was born Jan. 21, 1917, to the late John Ester and Annie Bell Hawkins-Follins. She was an Eastern Star and Jehovah’s Witness. She attended Commercial Training Center in Jackson and was previously employed with Aurora Nursing Home. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father, Dan Pippins; husband, Nathaniel Hairston Sr.; son, Nathaniel Hairston Jr.; daughters, Lee Bertha Hairston-Rice and Bernice Hairston-Ball; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She is survived by her sons, Simon Hairston and Robert Hairston, both of Columbus; daughters, Mary Ester Morris of Columbus, Clara Morris, Lizzie Martin and Ester Moody, all of Muskegon, Michigan, and Carol Hairston-Tuggle of Sterling Heights; 22 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and 66 great-great-grandchildren.