Cord Byrd: “I was deeply saddened by the recent death of Elnora Hall St. Clair, a loving mother, a doting grandmother, and the…”

“I was deeply saddened by the recent death of Elnora Hall St. Clair, a loving mother, a doting grandmother, and the devoted wife of Arthur M. "Tinker" St. Clair, an important individual in our Senate family and a man whom I have been long glad to count as my friend. Elnora Hall was born in Waiteville, in southern West Virginia, deep in the heart of mining country. Like my own wife, Erma, Elnora was a coal miner's daughter. She grew up among solid, hard-working, faithful people--mountain people--in the hollows of my State. She graduated from Gary High School in McDowell County. On May 25, 1940, she married Tinker St. Clair, a lucky day for each of us whose lives that this couple has touched. Elnora was a homemaker, and that is a noble occupation that is vastly undervalued today. In addition to her membership in the Eastern Star of Welch, WV, and the Parent Teachers Association, she was active in the Democratic Party. Her interest in politics--Democratic politics--was one of the many passions that she and Tinker shared.”