Eddy Co. NM - OBIT:  J P CLARK

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The following excerpts were taken from Page 6A - The Carlsbad
(NM) Current Argus - January 6, 2000
CLARK
Graveside services for J.P. Clark, 85, of Irving, Texas, and
formerly of Carlsbad, will be January 7 at Sunset Memorial
Gardens.  Graveside military rites will be performed by the
Carlsbad Veterans Honor Guard.  Clark died January 3 at Baylor
Medical Center in Irving, Texas.  West Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.  He was born July 9, 1914, in Bloomington, Texas,
to Will and Maggie Margaret Rogers Clark.  He was raised and
educated in Knox City, Texas.  He was a veteran of WWII.  He
served with the Army's 593rd Amphibious Engineers in the South
Pacific earning the rank of corporal.  He married Frances Williams
58 years ago in Carlsbad.  They made Carlsbad their home from
1950 to 1969 at which time they moved to Cisco, Texas.  He and
his family were long time members of Bethel Baptist Church.  He
was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, serving as commander
of the Carlsbad Lakeview Post and also as district commander.  He
was also a member of the Disabled American Veterans, the American
Legion and IBEW.  Survivors include his wife, Frances Clark, of the
home; son, Ronn Clark and wife, Michelle, of Irving; daughter,
Zayjean Tomerlin of Dallas; grandson, Chad Tomerlin and wife, 
Bethany, of Lewisville, Texas; granddaughter, Rebekah Clark of
Irving; sister-in-law, Pat Bright of Carlsbad; nieces, Betty
Patman and husband, Bill, and Joy Tanner and husband, Junior,
all of Carlsbad; nephew, Lesley Williams and wife, Frances, of
Carlsbad; great-niece, Susan Briggs and husband, Skipper, of
Carlsbad; great-nephew, Bruce Jeffress and wife, Liz, of Carlsbad;
and several great-great nieces and nephews.  (Photo shown of Clark)