Clarence Shelby Broughton age 68, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at his residence in Lexington, AL. Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Wall Cemetery in Mason, TN. A visitation for the Broughton family will be held on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at the Brownsville Funeral Home from 12:00PM until the service hour at 2:00 PM. He was born on April 30, 1951 in Memphis, TN to the late Robert S. Broughton and Sara Francis Stafford Broughton-Freeman. Mr. Broughton proudly served our country in the United States Army. He was also preceded in death by one step-son: Robert Dan Strickland. He is survived by his wife of 41 years: Beverly Diane Brougton; two sons: Michael Shelby Broughton of Vidor, TX, Rocky Eugene Arnold of Vidor, TX; two daughters: Angela Dawn Ryder (Brock) of Orange, TX, Dawn Reding Gargis of Killen, AL; three step-daughters: Toni Ann Gordie (Randy) of Lake City, FL, Sherri Lynn Harper (Rickey) of Brandon, MS, Theresa Darlene Gewin (Ed) Memphis, TN; one brother: Kenneth Broughton (Carolyn) of Mason, TN; two sisters: Charlotte Yvonne Freeman of Union City, TN, Sara Delaine Freeman of Water Valley, KY; fifteen grandchildren; and leaves a legacy of eight great-grandchildren.
