Services for Asa E. (Sonny) McClendon, Sr. will be held at Friendship Baptist Church on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Gill Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 pm on Friday, July 25 at Downs Funeral Home. Sonny went to be with the Lord on July 23, 2014. He is survived by his wife, the love of his life, Teddie Jean McClendon; daughter, Sonya Rene McClendon; son, A.E. (Ward) McClendon, Jr. and wife Carol Ann; grandchildren, Sunny Michelle McClendon, Matthew Ryan McClendon, and Shyanne Weslyn McClendon; great-grandchild, Haley Peyton Hight; sister, Martha Ann Wood; brother, Harold David McClendon, and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family. Sonny McClendon was born on August 7, 1939 to Mary Alice and J.R. (Dick) McClendon, Sr. He was a lifelong resident of Harrison County. He graduated from Elysian Fields High School and after serving in the United States Army, attended Stephen F. Austin State University, where he studied agriculture. He married his life partner, Teddie Jean Pollock on August 26, 1961 and they raised their children in a loving and Christian home. He worked in many different capacities during his life, including fireman, logging superintendent, and heavy equipment operator, but he was always happiest when he was working on his own farming and ranching operation. When he could, he loved to quail hunt or rope with his many friends. His family was his pride and joy and he loved them all beyond measure. He spent his lifetime building a legacy with them and for them. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and loved his church family as he did his own. He was preceded in death by his parents; Mary Alice Rhodes McClendon and James Richard McClendon, Sr. and his brother James Richard (Jimmy) McClendon, Jr. Pallbearers are Jamie McClendon, Chris McClendon, Scott McClendon, Patrick McClendon, Tommy Rinkle, Damon Danner, Greg Epperson and Jimmy Joe Smith. Honorary pallbearers are Billy Ray Allen, Bobby Anderson, Royce Anderson, Robert (Tubby) Cook, Dana Doan, John Ellis, Ken Harris, Bill Hester, Bob Hester, Jimmy Jones, David McClendon, Pat Mitten, James Pollock, Ronald Register, William (Billy) Tucker, and his Sunday School Class. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Friendship Baptist Church or the charity of your choice.