Hasty, Clay Carter   
	
JEFFERSON -- A celebration of Clay Carter Hasty's life will be held 11 
a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2006, at the Terry Camp on Carter's Lake 
Road, off Highway 43 in Marion County. A light lunch will follow. Clay 
passed away October 4, 2006, in Longview. At the time, he was living at 
Triple A Estates in Lakeport. He was born December 31, 1974, to Carla 
Hasty Blevins and William Terry Hasty. He attended First Methodist 
Preschool in Marshall and Jefferson schools for the rest of his education. 
After a near fatal bout with meningitis in 1993, Clay had a swimming 
accident the same year in which he suffered a spinal cord injury, which 
rendered him a quadriplegic. Before his tragic accident, Clay loved to 
duck hunt, deer hunt, ride three-wheelers, and anything that had to do 
with the outdoors. Clay will be missed dearly by his family and friends. 
He handled his disability with humor, but it was still a hard journey for 
him. Everyone who loved Clay knows that he is finally at peace with his 
life. He was preceded in death by his father, William Terry Hasty in 2000; 
maternal grandparents, Barbara and Richard Nagle; and paternal grandparents, 
Flora and Robert Earl Hasty. Clay is survived by his mother and her husband, 
Carla and Ric Blevins of Avinger; sister and brother-in-law, Karen and Glen 
Feinstein of San Antonio; nephews, Ben and Ethan Feinstein of San Antonio; 
aunt and her husband, Julie and James Hamm of Jefferson; and uncle and his 
wife, Reggie and Sarah Hasty of Jefferson. In lieu of flowers, please make 
memorial donations to www.christopherreeve.org.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/17/2006.