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Thomas Junior Clark, age 79, of Kennett, MO, passed away Friday, September 2, 2011 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born May 21, 1932 in Arbyrd, MO.
He was a retired welder, U. S. Navy Veteran of The Korean War, was a member of the American Legion in Kennett, MO and a Baptist. He married Betty Jean Davidson on October 5, 1952 in Walnut Ridge, AR. He was the son of the late Thomas Burl Clark and Minnie Elsie Horner Clark, they helped establish the Arbyrd, MO First Baptist Church, and was also preceded in death by a son, Steven Junior Clark; four brothers, Archie, Hershel, Randall and Donald Hue Clark; and two sisters, Maxine Burcham and Glenis Wells.
Survivors include two sons, Archie Lee Clark of Hermitage and Donald Hugh Clark of Grady; one daughter, Debra Jean Parker of Monticello; two sisters, Mable Brock of Jonesboro and Wanda Lou Moody of Kennett, MO; five grandchildren, John Parker, Jr., Richard Joiner, Stephanie Goad, Lisa Clark and Kody Clark; and seven great-grandchildren, Taylor Parker, Stevie Jo'Lee Parker, John Parker, III, Hunter Goad, Serenity Clark, Ember Clark and Davion Clark and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was a retired welder, U. S. Navy Veteran of The Korean War, was a member of the American Legion in Kennett, MO and a Baptist. He married Betty Jean Davidson on October 5, 1952 in Walnut Ridge, AR. He was the son of the late Thomas Burl Clark and Minnie Elsie Horner Clark, they helped establish the Arbyrd, MO First Baptist Church, and was also preceded in death by a son, Steven Junior Clark; four brothers, Archie, Hershel, Randall and Donald Hue Clark; and two sisters, Maxine Burcham and Glenis Wells.
Survivors include two sons, Archie Lee Clark of Hermitage and Donald Hugh Clark of Grady; one daughter, Debra Jean Parker of Monticello; two sisters, Mable Brock of Jonesboro and Wanda Lou Moody of Kennett, MO; five grandchildren, John Parker, Jr., Richard Joiner, Stephanie Goad, Lisa Clark and Kody Clark; and seven great-grandchildren, Taylor Parker, Stevie Jo'Lee Parker, John Parker, III, Hunter Goad, Serenity Clark, Ember Clark and Davion Clark and numerous nieces and nephews.