Bill Clark

Our beloved father went home peacefully to be with his Lord at his home Thursday, February 18, 2010. Bill R. Clark was born in Marshall, TX to Stanley and Erna Clark. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1946 where he was an honor student and football standout. He attended Tyler Junior College and then went on to North Texas State University where he continued his football career as a scholarship athlete. He graduated from North Texas with a master’s degree in education, an MBA. He taught for several years at Lufkin High School and coached football and basketball. In 1966 he received a graduate degree from the University of Texas Dental School in Houston, TX. He had a dental practice in Tyler for 41 years. Our father loved his family and life. He was a soft spoken gentle man who always had a kind word for anyone that knew him. He loved his farm where he spent most every weekend, doing “fix-up” things, bailing hay, managing cows, fishing, hunting and having a spring garden. Dr. Clark is preceded in death by his parents, and two brothers, S.E. Clark and Owen L. Clark. He is survived by his loving wife, Helen; son, Coy A. Clark of Tyler; daughter, Brenda Frisby of Tyler; grandsons, Cole Frisby and wife Alyson, and Kameron Frisby; great-grandson, David Ray; sister, Helen Ruth Posey of Dallas; sisters-in-law, Ludee Burns of Tyler and Judy Mauldin of Marshall; and nephew Stanley Clark and wife Judy of Tyler. “Rest easy now PaPa; you have done your work here with us and you left us with memories that will carry us on. We shall never forget you, our loving father.” Pallbearers will be Cole Frisby, Kameron Frisby, Randall Wright, Dr. Wayne Humphries, Stanley E. Clark and Stevie Posey. Visitation is scheduled for Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Tyler, Texas 75703. Funeral services will be at Smyrna Methodist Church, Harleton, TX, Monday, February 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow in Smyrna Cemetery in Harleton under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. For more information or to express condolences, visit www.stewartfamilyfuneral.com.

Bill Clark

May 27, 1929 - February 18, 2010