George
George B. Clark
d. September 30, 2008
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George B. Clark, age 76 of Penhook, formerly of Covel, WV., died Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
He was a veteran of the US Air Force, worked in coal mines for 36 years and owned and operated Penhook Boat Dock for 27 years.
Mr. Clark was born September 17, 1932 a son of the late George W. and Fulvia Payne Clark. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 50 happily married years, Louise Thornton Clark; infant daughter, Rhonda Clark; four brothers, Ervin E. Clark, Desmond Clark, Robert Clark and Clinton Clark; and five sisters, Ruth Pennington, Pauline Phillips, Mary Lee, Katherine Benefield and Nancy Belcher. He was a great husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend.
Mr. Clark is survived by his children, Deborah Rowles and husband Danny, George (Butch) Clark and wife Lynn, Sharon Williams and husband Donnie, Shawna Henry and husband Ron; grandchildren, Chastity McBroom and husband John, Brandon Gautier and wife Ashley, Jamie Clark and wife Kim, Jeremy Clark, Derek Lester, Cassandra Williams, Steven and Kaley Henry; 10 great-grandchildren, Rachael, Melissa, Tye, Bella, Ayla, Madison, Wyatt, Django, Teja and Brady; one brother, Hampton Clark of Beckley, WV; and four sisters, Mildred Eller of Lashmeet, WV, Lulabelle Repass, Zetta Mae Wimmer, and Phyllis Clisso, all of Princeton, WV; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted from Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton, WV 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Judith Short officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Princeton with military honors by the Mercer County Veterans Council.
His family will be receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Flora Funeral Service in Rocky Mount and 6-8 p.m. Friday at Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton.
Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service, 665 South Main Street, Rocky Mount. www.florafuneralservice.com
He was a veteran of the US Air Force, worked in coal mines for 36 years and owned and operated Penhook Boat Dock for 27 years.
Mr. Clark was born September 17, 1932 a son of the late George W. and Fulvia Payne Clark. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 50 happily married years, Louise Thornton Clark; infant daughter, Rhonda Clark; four brothers, Ervin E. Clark, Desmond Clark, Robert Clark and Clinton Clark; and five sisters, Ruth Pennington, Pauline Phillips, Mary Lee, Katherine Benefield and Nancy Belcher. He was a great husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend.
Mr. Clark is survived by his children, Deborah Rowles and husband Danny, George (Butch) Clark and wife Lynn, Sharon Williams and husband Donnie, Shawna Henry and husband Ron; grandchildren, Chastity McBroom and husband John, Brandon Gautier and wife Ashley, Jamie Clark and wife Kim, Jeremy Clark, Derek Lester, Cassandra Williams, Steven and Kaley Henry; 10 great-grandchildren, Rachael, Melissa, Tye, Bella, Ayla, Madison, Wyatt, Django, Teja and Brady; one brother, Hampton Clark of Beckley, WV; and four sisters, Mildred Eller of Lashmeet, WV, Lulabelle Repass, Zetta Mae Wimmer, and Phyllis Clisso, all of Princeton, WV; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted from Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton, WV 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Judith Short officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Princeton with military honors by the Mercer County Veterans Council.
His family will be receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Flora Funeral Service in Rocky Mount and 6-8 p.m. Friday at Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton.
Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service, 665 South Main Street, Rocky Mount. www.florafuneralservice.com
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