Clay Huckelby

BURKESVILLE – Clay Huckelby, 60, passed away Friday, June 5, 2026, at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN, with his family by his side. Born in Tompkinsville, KY, he was the son of the late Phillip Lewis Huckelby and Betty Cleary Huckelby, who survives. Clay was a loader operator for Anderson Forest Products in Tompkinsville. He loved to be outdoors, fishing, hunting, riding his ATV on trails with his friends, cutting firewood, and having big BBQs with his friends.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Lisa Cleary Huckelby; one daughter, Ashley Davis (Adam Huff); three grandchildren, Jacob, Nicholas, and Avery Davis; a special granddaughter, Hailey Wray; one brother, Bobby Huckelby (Deidre Patterson); nieces and nephews, Kurt, Laura, and Molly Huckleby, Iasac and Kason Booher; a good friend, Don Gordon along with several other friends, aunts, uncles, and loved ones.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the McMurtrey Funeral Home with burial in the Dutch Creek Cemetery in Cumberland County. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 12 noon until 8 pm, and on Thursday morning until time of the service.

Family request alternate expressions of sympathy be made to the McMurtrey Funeral Home to help with final expenses.