Pastor Clinton Frie Wofford, 91, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 1, 2024, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.

Clint was born May 15, 1933, near Senath, Missouri, the son of Charles Clinton and Ella Eulalie Frie Wofford.

He attended Bucoda Elementary School, Senath Jr. High, and Senath High School, in Senath, Missouri, graduating in the Class of 1951. He continued his education at the University of Missouri-Columbia and graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Chemistry in 1955 and received his PHD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in 1962 at the University of Missouri.

Clint heard his calling and attended the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, in 1969, and St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, graduating in 1972. He received his appointment to the South Prospect Methodist Church of Kansas City in 1970, then New Arlington United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Trinity Methodist Church in Kansas City, and College Heights United Methodist Church in Kansas City.

He was appointed Central Methodist College as the Director of Church Relations, served over the Wayland Circuit which included Methodist Churches in Wayland, St. Francesville, Bluff Springs, Athens, and Centralia. Clint served as Pastor of the East Prairie United Methodist Church eight years, and Eldon, Missouri United Methodist Church for six years before retiring.

He moved to Knox County, Missouri and served as Pastor to the Stephenville United Methodist Church, Bethel United Methodist Church and the Baring Community Church. He made his home in Edina, Missouri and was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church in Kirksville, Missouri.

Clint met his future wife while attending the University of Missouri and he married Carolyn Lowell Christian on July 11, 1955 in Amsterdam, New York, and to this union three children were born.

He honorably served his country in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant, in the Pacific Amphibious Unit while stationed in Japan.

Clint is survived by a son, David Clinton Wofford and his wife Myra of Meriam, Kansas; two daughters, Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill and her husband Christopher Leigh Hill of Alexander, Virginia and Susan Carol Wofford Shoults and her husband Samuel John Frederick of Knox City, Missouri; two sisters, Marian Francis Vance of Hardy, Arkansas, and Clinnie Ann Cannon of Seattle, Washington; two grandchildren, Jesse Todd Shoults and John Eric Shoults; great grandchildren, along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Carolyn Wofford; a brother, Charles Clinton Wofford Jr. in infancy; two sisters, Ruth Agnes Wofford and her husband Exel E. Dishion, and Ella Jane Petty; and two brothers-in-law James Cannon and Robert Walker Vance.

A Celebration of Life will be at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, December 26, 2024, at the Doss Funeral Home in Edina, Missouri. The family will received friends from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home in Edina, Missouri.

A Celebration of Life will also be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 27, 2024, at the Faith United Methodist Church in Kirksville, Missouri. The family will receive friends from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, at the church in Kirksville, Missouri.

An expression of sympathy in memory of Clinton Wofford may be left to the Knox County Nutrition Site or the Faith United Methodist Church. A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.