The Clayts

They were both one of a kind. So much alike, yet so very different. The characteristic they both shared was their ability to impact the lives of others.

Their smiles. Their caring. Their charm.

Clayt Dovey III

Clayton Cresswell Dovey III, 54, died Nov. 21, 2001. Born in Johnstown, PA, on June 6, 1947, son of Clayton Cresswell Dovey Jr. and Adele (Podolka) Dovey. Sister, Laurie Lee Dovey and beloved daughter, Alexis Nicole Dovey.

Graduate of Westmont Hilltop High School, Johnstown, PA,, Mercersberg Academy, Mercersberg, PA, Brown University, Providence, RI and the University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Stellar career as a Wall Street attorney, New York, N.Y. Also practiced law in Chicago, IL and Johnstown, PA, where the last years of his career were spent providing pro bono legal services to those who needed counsel.

Founder of the Turkey Bowl, Johnstown, PA, which raised thousands of dollars for Easter Seals, Dovey's favored charity.

Believer that "All men are equal. Every one." He more than believed this axiom. He lived his belief, always reaching across the societal lines that separated others to raise up every man, regardless of race, faith or social stature.

"Outrageous cham," was a term that a college chum used when describing CCDIII. Perfectly fitting.

The love of his life, Alexis.

Shropshire Lad

Gary Costlow and Clayt studied the Houseman poem,
A Shropshire Lad, during their tenure at Brown University.

When eulogizing Clayt, before their brothers of the bar, Gary read from the poem.

To an Athlete Dying Young

THE TIME you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.

To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.

A. E. Housman (1859–1936). A Shropshire Lad. 1896.

How He Lived His Life

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We . . . solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states. . . And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson's Epitaph at Monticello

HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA BORN APRIL 2, 1743 O.S. DIED JULY 4. 1826

Clayton Cresswell Dovey Immortality of Influence Society

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The Clayts

Clayt Dovey III

Shropshire Lad

How He Lived His Life