Brenda Marleen Clary

BRENDA MARLEEN CLARY, age 68, of Washington Court House, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2025, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. Born on June 24, 1956, in Portsmouth, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Augustus E. and Evelyn Mastin Webb. On September 15, 1978, she married Keith Clary, who survives.

Brenda was a 1975 graduate of South High School in Columbus, Ohio, she then went on to study Christian Ministry at Ohio Christian University. Brenda also attended Columbus State Community College where she studied Court Reporting and worked for the City of Columbus as a Court Transcriptionist for fifteen years after graduation. After that, she worked as the Librarian for the Grove City Public Library and then as the Co-Pastor at the Unity Fellowship Church along with her husband, Pastor Keith Clary. In addition to being Co-Pastor, she served the leader of both the Women’s Ministry and the Worship Team. Brenda was very dedicated to her Faith and was a mentor to many of the young men and women in the congregation. Most of all, she loved being a vocalist and listened to worship music “twenty-four-seven.” She was truly the first Christian, her husband, Pastor Keith had ever met and will be missed by all who loved and knew her.

In addition to her loving husband of more than forty-six years, Brenda is survived by her grandchildren, Lillian, Nathaniel, Odaya and Pairem Manzano; her siblings, Larry (Ruth) Evans and Phyllis Howard along with several nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and a host of many dear friends.

Along with her parents, Brenda was preceded in death by her daughter, Carla L. Clary Manzano on March 9, 2014, as well as her sister, Beverly Dennison.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the Unity Fellowship Church with Evangelist B.K. Ujah and Lois Hoshor officiating, burial to follow in the Highlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit the family at the church on Saturday from 10:00 a.m.until the time of the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Brenda’s name are suggested to: The Good Shepherd Shelter for Children, In care of, Phill Campbell, 1145 Storybrook Drive, Washington C.H., Ohio 43160.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Summers Funeral Home.

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