Patricia Martin Clements

Patricia Martin Clements, age 73, passed away on July 30th, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Patricia was born on April 18, 1946, in Nashville, Tennessee to Leo and Josephine (English) Martin. Patricia is survived by her husband of 52 years, Marvin Clements and two sons, Marvin Clements, Jr. (Mary), Nashville, TN and Scott Clements, Houston, TX. She is also survived by brothers, Fred Martin, Brentwood, TN and John Martin, Ashland City, TN along with sister, Alice Stevens (Bob) of Knoxville, TN, grandchildren, Catherine Clements, Patrick Clements, Christina Clements, Tiffany Parker, Kelsey Clements, and Kaylee Clements, along with great grandchildren Melody McCarty, Charlie Parker and Hunter Taylor.

Patricia graduated from Saint Bernard High School in 1964 and attended George Peabody College for Teachers (now part of Vanderbilt) where she was a member of the synchronized swimming team. She honed her swimming skills at the Sequoia Swim Club in Nashville where she met her husband, Marvin as a teenager.

Patricia taught countless children to swim over the years as a swimming instructor and her 60 plus years of teaching children to swim are legendary. Her passion was working with children with disabilities. She started and ran a swimming program at Grace School, a small special needs school and saw all her students win the Special Olympics a year later.

In 2015 and in 2017, Patricia represented Tennessee in the National Senior Games in Minneapolis, MN and Birmingham, AL in the 50-yard freestyle and breaststroke events. Her best place was 7th in the nation in the freestyle event in 2015.

Patricia was an active member of her high school sorority ETC, her Saint Bernard alumni group and attended Saint Phillip Catholic church.

Visitation will be held at Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home on Thursday, August 1, 2019 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The funeral mass will be held at Saint Phillip Catholic Church in Franklin, TN at 11:00am on Friday, August 2, 2019 with a one hour visitation held prior to the service.