Funeral services for Miss Irene R. Claxton will be held at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Miss Claxton, 91, the daughter of the late Dr. E. B. Claxton and Irene Robertson Claxton, died on November 16, 2013. She was predeceased by a brother, E. B. Claxton, Jr., and two sisters, Mrs. Iris Claxton Eubanks and Mrs. Ellen Claxton Bell. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. E. B. Claxton, Jr.; a niece, Mrs. Scott Bourassa; three nephews, E. B. Claxton, III, John A. Bell, III, and Dr. A. Benjamin Eubanks, Jr.; nine great-nieces, Caroline and Chappell Claxton, Georgia Claire, Katie Bell, Abigail, and Anna Scott Bourassa, Ellen Marie Bell, Meredith Eubanks Huot de Saint-Albin and Waverley Wren Eubanks; and a great-nephew, John A. Bell, IV; cousins, Mrs. Nannette Woodard, Mrs. Betty Nell Parker, Mrs. Caroline Bell, Mrs. Helen Fordham and Mrs. Jean Bennett; other relatives, and many friends. A native of Dublin, she was a graduate of Dublin High School and attended Wesleyan Conservatory and Northwestern University. She also studied at a photography school in Santa Barbara, California. She combined her love of photography and world traveling to execute a veritable treasure trove of historic and esthetic pictures, developing the film in her studio behind her home, always referring to it as her "dark room." Her pictures were exhibited in art shows, where she was awarded prizes for her brilliant photography. Many of her pictures are on display locally, including a complete wall display in the Heritage Room of the Laurens County Library. Always gladly sharing her expertise with others, she was a mentor to many other photographers. Though deaf from infancy, the result of a tragic illness, she fully participated in many activities, including the Dublin Cotillion Club, the Ladies Golf Association, John Laurens Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the Laurens County Historical Society, and the Dublin Association of Fine Arts. She was a long-time member of Christ Episcopal Church and had been baptised in the River Jordan. One of her favorite activities was entertaining her friends at the Claxton cabin at Well Spring. The family will greet friends one hour before the service at the funeral home and suggest that in lieu of flowers, friends give memorials to Serenity Hospice or their special charities. They are grateful for the prayers and other evidences of concern in these last days and are especially thankful for the love and loyalty of Lesa Amerson.