CORNWALL, Clay Adamson

Kingman Daily Miner, Kingman, AZ - Published on November 21, 2013 - Clay Adamson Cornwall was 84 years old when he passed away on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. "Ad" was born in Kingman and moved in about 1961 to Bullhead City, where he lived with his family and many close friends. Ad's mother died when he was 10 years old and he was raised by his Aunt Amy and Uncle John Neal in Kingman, and cousins Claude and Rita Neal and their two sons, Mark and Richard, on their ranch near Hackberry. He was a cowboy born and raised. Ad served his country in the U.S. Army in the Korean War, driving materials to the front lines. In November 1961, he married Dorothy McGlenn and they adopted two children, Janet L. Cornwall and Charles Anthony Cornwall. Ad owned his own excavation business and backhoe. He dug trenches for water and utilities throughout the community and kept the records for four different water companies. He also set up rock crushers and gravel pits. Ad was a volunteer fireman in Bullhead City for 15 years and a member of the American Legion. Ad was preceded in death by his parents, Clay Adamson and May Laura (Wilkins) Cornwall; his brother, Joseph Gregory Cornwall; his sister, Amy LaHaye Badovenis; his wife, Dorothy Cornwall; and his son, Charles Anthony Cornwall. He is survived by his sister, Irene Nora (Thomas) Wood; his daughter, Janet L. (Michael) Watkins; two granddaughters, Geannie Murray (Michael) Berg and Penny Murray (Brian) Stepper; and six great-grandchildren. He also has many cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. Ad was the best man to have any conversation with and loved to spend time with friends and family just visiting. He was loved by everyone who knew him and will be greatly missed. Services will be held at noon on Friday, Nov. 22, at the Assembly of God Church, 2020 E. Regents Road in Mohave Valley. Following the church and graveside services, there will be a reception at the church to visit with friends and family, as Ad would have done.