Clarence W. Clark

Funeral services for Clarence W. Clark are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale with Rev. Robert Davenport, Rev. James B. Rutledge and Rev. Paul Coleman officiating. Burial with Masonic Graveside Rites will follow at the Hopewell Cemetery. Clarence passed away Saturday, November 4, 2006 in Lindale at the age of 92. He was born October 20, 1914 in Mt. Sylvan, Texas to the late George F. Clark and Anna Walters Clark. He grew up in Smith County. During World War II he served three years in the United States Army with the 51st Air Service Group in the China-Burma-India campaign with the rank of sergeant. While stationed in India, he told of hunting with his captain for antelope and tigers as they rode on the backs of elephants provided by the villagers. He was respected and admired by all who knew him and always saw the good in everyone. Clarence was a member and deacon of Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church and a former member and deacon of Hopewell Baptist Church. He was a member of the Lindale Masonic Lodge #848, 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and a charter member of Sharon Temple. He and his brothers, Everett and Roy Clark, owned and operated Clark's Super Service in downtown Tyler for 36 years. Clarence was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Frances Gibson Clark; 7 brothers, Truett, Frank, Rufus, Everett, Otis, Lee and Roy Clark; 4 sisters, Irene Clark Wade, Essie Clark Jones, Lizzie Clark Chambless and Lois Clark. He is survived by 1 sister, Ernestine Clark Fleming and her husband, Aldin Fleming of Tyler; sister-in-law, Lois Brown Gibson of Tyler; and numerous nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers will be Josh Adams, Clyde Carlisle, Randy Clark, Wayne Clark, Paul Hanna, David Huggins, Mart Hukill and Lyndon Stodghill. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church and Lindale Masonic Lodge #848. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, November 6, 2006 at the funeral home in Lindale. If desired, memorials may be made to Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church Summer Camp Program, P.O. Box 1630, Lindale, Texas 75771.

Clarence W. Clark

October 20, 2014 - November 4, 2006