Obituary of Alma Jean Lay

Gruetli-Laager - Mrs. Alma Jean Borne Lay, 79, of McMinnville passed away Thursday February 12, 2015 at a Murfreesboro Hospital. She was born in Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee on July 30, 1935 to Lawrence and Maude Woodlee Borne who preceded her in death along with her husband, Clifford Lay Jr.; sister, Glenda Faye Borne; brothers, Andrew Clayton, Melvin "Snood", Stanley and Earl Borne. She had been a telephone operator and Restaurant owner living in Colorado and Michigan. She is survived by her sisters, Christine (George) Bess, McMinnville and Mildred (Elvin) Marshall, Dearborn, Michigan; brothers, Dave Borne, Robert "Cosmo" (Doris) Borne; sisters-in-law, Virgil Marie and Virginia Borne; host of loving nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 12:00 Noon Sunday in the funeral home chapel with Minister Clayton Jones officiating with burial to follow in the Fall Creek Cemetery. Visitation: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Saturday at Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, Tennessee. www.laynefuneralhome.com