Carol Clayton Of Point Pleasant Dies At 75

Courtesy of O’Brien Funeral Home:


Carol Clayton, loving wife of Tim Clayton, passed away peacefully on September 30, 2015, at Ocean Medical Center in Brick.

She was born December 25, 1939 in Brick, New Jersey, the daughter of Ralph and Ruth Walker. She was a resident of the shore area her entire life. Mrs. Clayton was a former employee of the Point Pleasant Borough school system; where she was employed for 27 years.

During her career, she was a school bus driver and supervisor of the school transportation system. Mrs. Clayton was a charter member of the “First Families of Old Monmouth County” a prestigious organization, where individual members must prove that they were a descendant of someone that lived in Old Monmouth County, before or during 1725 (Ebenezer Cook c1717-1760).

Due to the fact that two of Carol Walker Clayton’s family members served our country in the American Revolution (1775-1783), she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The two soldiers that fought were Edward Patterson Cook and James Hurley, both from New Jersey.

As a result of her interest in genealogy, the family records of the Cook, Megill, Hurley, Kabus, Creighton, Johnston, and Walker families were recorded. Mrs. Clayton was a member of the Central United Methodist Church, Point Pleasant Beach, where she had held several leadership positions over the years.

She was preceded in death by her dear siblings Virginia Gant, Donald Walker, Richard Walker, and Ralph Walker.

Surviving are her loving husband of 56 years, Tim Clayton, her loving children, Dr. T. Michael Clayton, and Maureen Clayton Garofalo, her cherished granddaughter Christina Garofalo, her dear siblings, Robert Walker, and Doris Norton, and her sister-in-law Anne Clayton Brennan, and many nieces, nephews, extended family, and dear friends.

Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2015 at the O’Brien Funeral Home, 505 Burnt Tavern Road, Brick. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle.

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