Beverly Clayton Cline

Beverly Clayton Cline, 70, of Statesville passed away, Thursday, July 13, 2023.

Clayton was born June 30, 1953 in Taylorsville, NC and was the son of Loretta Chapman Cline, who survives and the late Clayton Philo Cline. He was a graduate of Alexander Central High School and is married to Karen Kite Cline, who survives. He worked for PepsiCo, Inc and First Baptist Church of Statesville until his retirement. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Statesville.

Clayton was involved with multiple ministries throughout his life including Operation In-As-Much, Community Bible Study, multiple church mission trips and the men’s ministry at First Baptist Church. He had a love for the outdoors and enjoyed time in the mountains, hiking and fishing.  For family get togethers, he loved to cook and grill for his family.  Clayton was a handy-man and was always available to help his family with home projects ranging from carpentry to plumbing.  His nature was to be a helper and he will be dearly missed by his family and those who knew him well.

In addition to his wife and mother, Clayton is survived by four sons, Derrick Cline of Statesville, Cory Cline (Elizabeth) of Statesville, Tyler Cline (Jaclyn) of Charlottesville, VA, and Donovan Cline (Kristen) of Newton.  He was well known as Papaw by his 13 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. He is also survived by three brothers and his dog Beau who was a loyal companion.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2:30 pm Monday, July 24, 2023 at Western Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Spry and Dr. Nelson Granade of First Baptist Church officiating. The family will receive friends at Western Avenue Baptist Church at 1:00 pm prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region and Wounded Warrior Project.

Habitat for Humanity Charlotte Region
3815 Latrobe Drive, Charlotte NC 28211
Web: http://www.habitatcltregion.org/support/donate/

Wounded Warrior Project
PO Box 758516, Topeka KS 66675
Tel: 1-877-832-6997
Web: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/