David Clay Palmer, 47, passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2017, after a brief illness. He was born April 24, 1970.A lifetime resident of Carrollton, Texas, he graduated from R.L. Turner High School and attended North Texas State University. He worked as a broadcast engineer and enjoyed worldwide travel in his work in communications.He is preceded in death by his father Marlan Palmer; and survived by his mother, Glenda Palmer; sister , Mary (Ed) Harris; and brother, John Palmer; nieces and nephews, Blake, Morgan, Laney and Mary Harris; aunts, Kathy (Chris) Hansen, Vicki (Bill) Taliaferro; cousins and extended family, Kendra (Andy) Jones, Erik (Amanda) Hansen, Matthew (Eva) Hansen, Jen (Jeff) Babb, Holly (Luke) Courtney, Kelly (John) Spurlock.Services for Clay will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 5, 2017, in the Brooks Family Chapel of the North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane, Dallas 75234. Please leave the family condolences and share memories on this website.