Bernice Clark

Services for Bernice “Bee” McDaniel Clark, 78, of Tyler will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM in the chapel of Stewart Family Funeral Home with Rev. Marty Dunbarand Dr. Darryle Dunks officiating. Private burial will be under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Clark passed away on July 6, 2011 at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. She was born on May 20, 1933 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late Alvin and Katie Beckett McDaniel. She attended Memphis State College and went on to become the first female stockbroker in Texas. She married the love of her life, A.D. Clark, and they were married for 35 years at the time of his death in 2005. Mrs. Clark was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church and a member of the John Childs Sunday School Class at Green Acres Baptist Church. She was a valued board member of the Tyler Junior College Foundation. Mrs. Clark was also a member of the Breckenridge Village Women’s Auxiliary, a member and volunteer for the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, and a volunteer for the Hospice of East Texas. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Clark was preceded in death by her husband, A.D. Clark, in 2005. She is survived by a loving family including her step-sons, A.D. Clark III and wife, Carole, and Bill Clark and wife, Andi; step-daughters, Nancy Miller Clark of Tyler and Jenny Clark and husband, Greg Ortiz, all of Tyler; sisters, Annice McDaniel Bolton of Memphis, Tennessee, and Shirley McDaniel Tilton of Bartlett; brothers, Alvin Clement McDaniel, Jr. and George Robert McDaniel and wife, Barbara, all of Hendersonville, Tennessee. She is also survived by her step-grandchildren, Matt Clark of New Orleans, Louisiana; Meredith Clark of Houston; Jeff Riebe and wife, Alyssa, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Elizabeth Riebe-Thomas of Tyler; one step-great grandson, and many nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the John Childs Sunday School Class of Green Acres Baptist Church. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, July 8, 2011 from 5:00-7:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. Memorials in honor of Bernice Clark may be made to the Tyler Junior College Foundation, P.O. Box 9020, Tyler, Texas 75711; The Salvation Army, 633 North Broadway, Tyler, Texas 75702; or a charity of your choice.

Bernice Clark

May 20, 1933 - July 6, 2011