Donna Jo Clark Hairel
January 30, 1951 - September 13, 2019
Donna Jo Clark Hairel, 68, of Fort Payne, passed away Friday, September 13, 2019. She was born January 30, 1951 to the late Joseph Byron Clark, Jr. and Betty Jean Harper Clark. Donna was a 1969 graduate of Fort Payne High School. She loved church, loved to sing in the choir and played the organ for many years at Allen Memorial Baptist Church. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. For the past seven years, Donna enjoyed substitute teaching for the DeKalb County Board of Education. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Brian Harris and Rev. Ken James officiating. Burial will follow in Allen Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 4 until 8 p.m. She is survived by her children, Tommy Joe Hairel (Chrissy Meacham) and Wendy Haynes (Adam) and chosen son, Dillon Parker (Amber); grandchildren, Kali Haynes, Byron Haynes, JayDan Haynes, and Maddison Gamez (Sebastian); great-grandson, Oliver Hammontree; sister, Denise Ham (Charles); chosen sister, Gayle Hodges; aunts, Wilma Harper and Amy Henderson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Dan Hairel.
Donna Jo Clark Hairel, 68, of Fort Payne, passed away Friday, September 13, 2019. She was born January 30, 1951 to the late Joseph Byron Clark, Jr. and Betty Jean Harper Clark. Donna was a 1969 graduate of Fort Payne High School. She loved... View Obituary & Service Information