![]() ![]() The family would love the funeral dress code to be in memory of Lee’s love of Cardiff Blues. We can all say goodbye to Lee on Wednesday January 22nd at Adams Funeral Home, Gladstone Rd, Barry, CF62 8NA, at 10 am.Ī burial service will follow at Barry Cemetery, with the Wake in Brewers Fayre, at The Waterfront. I just do know for sure that he will be deeply missed, more than he will ever realise of course.Īnd that his, always creative, sometimes colourful, consistently perfectly-crafted, tattoo work will leave both massive memories, and a lasting legacy. I totally get that we never know what demons are battled daily so I make no comment on his back story – it’s not my tale to tell, or business to know. I liked Lee, and, as was so totally shown by the hundreds of heartfelt tributes, he was much loved as a partner, father and friend, plus massively respected as an artist – both here in Barry and the wider world. No chance of a crafty cover up though – a Tramp Stamp is for life not just one long, hot, Summer. We used to laugh about it every time I caught up with him in Chimera. It was standard style, off the wall, and is inked on the back of many a wild Barry women of a certain age. I’m proud too though that I at least have a mark to remind me of his skill – a ‘Tramp Stamp’ from my misspent early Thirties sitting serenely on my skin. ![]() ![]() I never knew Lee as well as his loved ones of course, and I don’t pretend to have an ounce of understanding of the emotions they are going through.įor me, it’s a total tragedy that the likeable guy, I smiled hello to as we crossed in the Asda aisles recently, reached that point of no return. Sending my sincerest condolences to those family and close friends whose pain at the loss must be unbearable. I was so shocked to hear of Lee Clements distressing death the weekend just before Christmas, it totally stopped me in my tracks.Īs the news started trickling slowly on my social media, I couldn’t quite believe we’d lost another of Barry’s bestest.Īnd that once again, our town is plunged into a serious sadness that the likeable artist, like so many local men, found himself in the darkest and deepest of places. A very fond farewell to one of the most talented tattooists to ever come out of our ink-crazy town. ![]()
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