Edythe P. Clay, 88, of Old Eccles Road, Beckley, died Tuesday, May 25, 2004, in a local hospital after a long illness. Born Dec. 30, 1915, in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late H.J. and Hallie Smith Clay. Miss Clay was a graduate of Trap Hill High School, attended Beckley College and received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Marshall University. She worked for Fayette County Extension Service from 1941-1942, taught at Woodrow Wilson High School from 1942-1943, Marsh Fork High School, 1942-1943, and Trap Hill High School from 1943-1952. She was employed by the Raleigh County Board of Education as a secondary curriculum supervisor from 1952 until her retirement in 1986. Miss Clay was a member of the Raleigh County Education Association, West Virginia Education Association, National Education Association and the West Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. In her younger years she had attended Mount Tabor Baptist Church. Miss Clay was preceded in death by a brother, Mason Clay, in March 1995, and had lived her entire life on Old Eccles Road. Survivors include two sisters, Ethel Green and Jean Westfall, both of Huntington; three nieces, Ann Detzer of Okeechobee, Fla., Wanda Dorsey of Beckley and Joyce Johnson of Owings Mills, Md.; and two nephews, Glen Clay of Beckley and Craig Westfall of Huntington. In keeping with Miss Clay's wishes, private service will be held at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. Edward Garten officiating. A eulogy will be given by her grandnephew, Heath Dorsey. Burial will follow in Mount Tabor Church Cemetery. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, Miss Clay requested that memorial contributions be made to the Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia, P.O. Box 1815, Beckley, WV 25802. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home, Beckley.