Marshall Carl Clady was the sixth of eleven children born to Jacob Sr. and Elmelia Clady in Memphis, TN, on July 12, 1943. He attended Douglass High School from elementary through eighth grade. In 1957, when the family relocated to San Diego, CA, he attended Memorial Jr. High, and he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1961; Hornet For Life!
In 1964, Marshall was drafted in the Army. He completed a tour of duty in the Vietnam War. He was wounded during his tour. In 1965, Marshall married his high school sweetheart, Eleanor ‘Lois’ Cowan. In 1966, the young couple moved to Los Angeles, CA.
Marshall worked for the County of Los Angeles, Paramount Studios; building movie sets & props, and as a rough framer with his brother Jake Jr., building houses throughout Los Angeles and Alameda counties. In 1969, Marshall met his soulmate Marcella (now deceased). They married and blended their children; Keith, John, and Dayna, and added a daughter, Marshay.
Marshall passed away on March 18, 2024.
Marshall leaves his four children, eleven grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren with memories to last a lifetime; John Ervin (Lezzette) of Modesto, CA, Keith Clady (Shenae) of Oklahoma, and Dayna Veal and Marshay Clady, both of San Bernardino, CA, his siblings; Laverne Brazley, Charlotte Jackson, June Blacknell, Jadene McClanahan (Stanley), and Cathy Clady, his beloved brother Marvin Clady, over thirty nieces and nephews, and three more generations he touched.
