Clois Upchurch Gardner, 89, went to be with our Lord on February 13, 2019. She graduated as an Honor Student from Ensley High School at age 16 and immediately started working as a proficient office worker and Secretary in well-known Companies in Birmingham. After several years of marriage, she and her husband Ed moved to Huntsville where she worked as a Secretary for a period of time and then owned and operated the Hens Nest Gift Shop, where she excelled as an artist providing personalized porcelain gifts to many. She was gifted as a Poet. She also served as Office Manager for Bill Poole Realty Company. Clois and Ed were active members and taught youth in Ensley Highlands Methodist Church in Birmingham and were active members of Trinity Methodist Church in Huntsville, as well as the Redstone Model Railroad Club. Clois is preceded in death by her husband of 67 years Edward Houston Gardner; her parents, Thomas Ralph Upchurch and Myrtle Fletcher Upchurch; her brother, Hyatt Upchurch and her sister-in-law Norma Jo Gardner Walton. She is survived by her sisters, Carolyn Upchurch Price and Lynette Estock Evans; brother-in-law Harold E. Walton; nieces Jill Upchurch Harris, Deana Estock Chapman, Darlene Price Grossthal; nephews Ralph Upchurch, Stephen Estock, David Estock, Wayne Price, Bryan Estock and nieces Clara Kate Walton Welch and Clois Lynn Walton Bell and numerous great nieces and nephews. Graveside Service for Clois occurred at Elmwood Cemetery on Saturday, February 16, 2019 and a Memorial Service celebrating her life will be at 10:00 on Monday, March 4, 2019 at Briarwood Presbyterian Chapel with a luncheon following in the Fellowship Hall. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Compassus Hospice, 1000 Urban Center Drive, Suite 100, Vestavia Hills, AL 35242.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.johnsridoutselmwoodchapel.com for the GARDNER family.
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