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Wilburn Eugene Clark
24 Nov 1916 – 31 Jul 2014
| Birth | 24 Nov 1916 |
| Death | 31 Jul 2014 |
| Cemetery | Mars Hill Cemetery Marshall County , Tennessee , USA |
| Added by | Ray Harris on 30 Jul 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128352496 |
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Wilburn Eugene Clark, age 97 of Lewisburg, passed away on July 29, 2014 at NHC Healthcare-Oakwood. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Hazel Essary Clark, in 2013; his parents, Clarence and Susie Steele Clark; and two brothers, William Ray and Frank Clark. He is survived by a sister and by several nieces and nephews. Wilburn was born November 24, 1916 in Lynnville, graduated from Jones High School in 1934, where he then moved to Lewisburg and lived until 1937, at which time he joined the U.S. Navy. He retired from the Navy in 1960 with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. He was a veteran of WWII and the Korean Wars. Mr. Clark retired after 23 years of Naval Service. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for injuries received in the sinking of the USS Peary in the Timor Sea battle. After retiring from the Navy, he was employed by the Federal Civil Service in Washington, D.C., and retired from this service in 1973. After his retirement, he and his wife, Hazel, moved to Lewisburg to make it their permanent home. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, where he served as Trustee, Deacon, and Elder. Wilburn served in many more community activities, including Mayor of Lewisburg, Chairman of the Board of the Lewisburg Community Hospital for five years, he was a 32 degree Mason and a Shriner, a member and President of the Lewisburg Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. Funeral services will be Thursday, July 31, 2014 and burial will follow at Mars Hill Cemetery with full military honors. Published in The Tennessean on 31 Jul 2014. Thanks to Syd Gardner (#47902230) for the update material. --- An Ancestry.com Family Tree has Wilburn Eugene Clark, born 24 Nov 1916 in Giles County, TN to Clarence Herbert Clark and Susie Lavonda Steele, married 21 Jun 1947 in Las Vegas, NV, died 29 Jul 2014 in Lewisburg, Marshall County, TN. -- 1920 Census, taken 16 Jan 1920, has Dock P Clark, 45, farmer on a general farm, married to Fannie, 44, living in Lynnville, Giles County, TN. Children are: Evelyn, f, 26, and Clarence, m, 22, farmer on a general farm. Also in the household are: daughter-in-law Susie, 24; grandson Wilburn, 4; and grandson Ray, 1y 6m. 1930 Census, taken 9 Apr 1930, has Thomas Steele, 72, farmer on a general farm, married at 24 to Olivia, 61, married at 18, living in 15th Civil District, Giles County, TN. They have a son James M, 22, farmer on a general farm. Also in the household is the Clark family: daughter Susie Clark, 36, widow; grandson Wilburn, 13; grandson Ray, 11; granddaughter Virginia, 9; and grandson Frank, 6.
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