Graveside Funeral Services for Mrs. Clara Mae Morris Connelly will take place on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, SC with Pastor Bob McCollum officiating. The family will receive friends at GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken on Wednesday, 6-8pm. Mrs. Connelly, 81, of Aiken, died Monday, July 9, 2012 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home, Aiken. A daughter of the late Luther Morris and Allie Mae Miller, she was born in Newberry, SC and had lived in Aiken County since 1951. She had been a telephone operator with Southern Bell and had then become a beautician, owning the Clara's Hair Place in Clearwater, SC In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence Edward Connelly and a son, Bobby Eugene Connelly. She is survived by two sons, Ronald "Ronnie" Minnie Connelly, Prosperity, SC and Mark Sonya Connelly, Aiken and a brother, Raymond Morris, Newberry. She is also survived by three grandchildren and one great grandson. Memorial donations may be directed to the Aiken County SPCA, 401 Wire Rd. Aiken, SC 29801.