Pastor Clinton Frie Wofford, 91, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 1, 2024, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.
Clint was born May 15, 1933, near Senath, Missouri, the son of Charles Clinton and Ella Eulalie Frie Wofford.
Clint met his future wife while attending the University of Missouri and he married Carolyn Lowell Christian on July 11, 1955 in Amsterdam, New York, and to this union three children were born.
Clint is survived by a son, David Clinton Wofford and his wife Myra of Meriam, Kansas; two daughters, Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill and her husband Christopher Leigh Hill of Alexander, Virginia and Susan Carol Wofford Shoults and her husband Samuel John Frederick of Knox City, Missouri; two sisters, Marian Francis Vance of Hardy, Arkansas, and Clinnie Ann Cannon of Seattle, Washington; two grandchildren, Jesse Todd Shoults and John Eric Shoults; great grandchildren, along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Carolyn Wofford; a brother, Charles Clinton Wofford Jr. in infancy; two sisters, Ruth Agnes Wofford and her husband Exel E. Dishion, and Ella Jane Petty; and two brothers-in-law James Cannon and Robert Walker Vance.
A Celebration of Life will be at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, December 26, 2024, at the Doss Funeral Home in Edina, Missouri. The family will received friends from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home in Edina, Missouri.
A Celebration of Life will also be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 27, 2024, at the Faith United Methodist Church in Kirksville, Missouri. The family will receive friends from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, at the church in Kirksville, Missouri.
An expression of sympathy in memory of Clinton Wofford may be left to the Knox County Nutrition Site or the Faith United Methodist Church. A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.