Mrs. Clara Gaines McCrae, 84, of the Jackson Hamlet community, Aberdeen, NC, died Thursday, March 29, 2018, at her home.
Service: Friday, April 6, 2018, 1:00 PM, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 198 Gaines Street, Jackson Hamlet community, Aberdeen.

Walk-Through Viewing: Thursday, April 5, 2018, 4-6 PM, Simon Funeral Home chapel, Southern Pines, NC

Visitation: Friday, April 6, 2018, 12 Noon – 1:00 PM, at the church

Burial: Jackson Hamlet Community Cemetery

Survivors: Children, Bertha Bynes, Jacqueline Royster (Richard), and John McCrae (Donna), and Sherry McPhatter (Jeffery); brother, Leon Gaines (Lucille); sisters, Sylvia Gandy and Julia Gandy; 22 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; step-daughters, Johnnie Pearl Rogers, Wanda Brown, and Vera Gonzalez; and other relatives.

Online condolences can be made at www.simonfuneralhome.com until April 20, 2018.

Mrs. McCrae’s family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers at Sandhills Sentinel.