TOM CLARK , CHILDRESS CHAPEL GROCER , DIES
PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
PUBLISHED
JULY 15, 1952
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
DONATED BY : GERALD SCOTT , JR.
TOM CLARK , AGED 70 (1882) OF CARDWELL , ROUTE ONE , DIED AT NINE LAST EVENING AT ST. BERNARD'S HOSPITAL AT JONESBORO FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS DUE TO HEART DISEASE . HE HAD BEEN ILL 10 DAYS AND IN THE HOSPITAL THREE DAYS. HE WAS A NATIVE OF GREENE COUNTY . HE OPERATED A GROCERY STORE AT CHILDRESS CHAPEL.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT CHILDRESS BAPTIST CHURCH . BURIAL WILL BE MADE IN BROWN'S CHAPEL CEMETERY . THE REV. PETE KINSOLVING OF MEMPHIS , THE R.C. ROGERS AND THE REV. J.O. MILES , BAPTIST MINISTERS WILL OFFICIATE . THE RANDAL L. MITCHELL FUNERAL HOME WILL BE IN CHARGE.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE , MRS. MARY CLARK , TWO DAUGHTERS , MRS. L.H. TAYLOR OF MONETTE ROUTE ONE AND MRS. FLOYD GALLOWAY OF CARDWELL , ROUTE ONE ; FIVE SISTERS MRS. C.V. LOYD , MRS. JULIA DUCKETT AND MRS. SULA COLLEY OF PARAGOULD , MRS. NAOMI FORTENBERRY , OF KENSETT , AR. AND MRS. ROY WILLIAMS OF ST. LOUIS AND A BROTHER CRIFFIN CLARK OF CUSHION , OKLA.