Submitted by: Dan Rich

Rev. Clyde P. Conley

Nov. 29, 1928 - April 6, 2002

South Bend Tribune 4/9/2002

Rev. Clyde P. Conley, 73, of Alex Way, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 6, in Saint Joseph Hospital, Mishawaka. He was born on Nov. 29, 1928, in Leighton, Ala. He was the son of Houston and Elizabeth Conley. Rev. Conley was a veteran of the Korean War and was honorably discharged on July 5, 1950.

He married Verna Dean Conley from Cloverdale, Ala., on July 18, 1950. They were married in Iuka, Miss., and then relocated to Mishawaka in October 1950. Rev. Conley retired from Dodge Manufacturing in December 1983 after 28 years of service. In addition to his employment at Dodge Manufacturing, he pastored Buchanan General Baptist Church in Buchanan, Mich., for 25 years. He then pastored Riverview General Baptist Church in Elkhart, Ind., for six years and in 1992 assisted with the founding of Elkhart County Community Baptist Church in Elkhart, and was a member there at the time of his death. He is survived by his loving wife, Verna Dean Conley; their three children, Kay Hambrick of Osceola, Ind., Bruce Conley of Bartlett, Tenn., and David Conley of Memphis, Tenn. He is also survived by four grandchildren, and by a brother, Joe Conley of Sulphur Springs, Texas. He also left a host of family and friends too numerous to mention.

Funeral services for Rev. Conley will be held at 2 p.m. today, April 9th, in Southside General Baptist Church on Spring Street in Mishawaka.