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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 58.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Jan 1999.
Robert Frank Clark died Thursday at Heritage Center, Morristown.
He was born in Del Rio and lived in Lauderdale-By-The Sea, Florida, for 36 years, where he owned and operated the Beachcomber Barber Shop.
He was a charter member of First Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he served on a number of boards, including board of trustees and was head usher for more than 30 years. He was a member of Gideons International. After returning to Tennessee in 1988, he attended the First Church of God, W Economy Road in Morristown.
He was the son of the late J. Allen Clark and Matoka Sexton Clark and was preceded in death by sisters, Mrs. Pearl Randall, Mrs. Roxie Humphreys, and Vera Frances Clark; and brother, William M. “Sixty” Clark.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Pauline Clark; sisters, Mrs. Nellie Clark and Mrs. Pauline Greer; two nephews, Ronnie and Terry Clark of Greeneville; one niece, Carolyn Alexander of Johnson City; nephews by marriage, Eugene and M.R. Courtney, H.C. and Ronnie White of Whitesburg, and C.A. Walker of Bradenton, Florida; and nieces by marriage, Mrs. Aileen Early of Whitesburg and Mrs. Marjorie Range of Elizabethton.
Services were held at Westside Chapel Funeral Home on Saturday evening at 8 p.m. with Reverend Willis Bowers officiating. He was assisted by Rev. Randall Joins.
Graveside services were at Catherine Nenney Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The family received friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday evening at Westside Chapel prior to the services.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the First Church of God and neighbors of Beacon Hills community. Nephews served as active pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Lakeway Program and Services of Morristown, TN, 600 N. Daisy St., Morristown, TN 37813.
Westside Chapel Funeral Home, Morristown, was in charge.
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