Wilber "Bill" Lee O'Daniel Clark

1939 - 2012  (73 years)

• Name	Wilber "Bill" Lee O'Daniel Clark  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Nickname	Bill
  Birth	22 Aug 1939	Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Nov 2012	Orange, Orange County, Texas   [5]
  Burial	29 Nov 2012	Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas   [5]
  Notes	Lee O'Daniel "Bill" Clark, beloved and well known broadcaster, 73, of Orange died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 29, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Bob Boone officiating. A graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. at Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Mr. Clark was born in Fairmount on August 22, 1939, to Neuman Easuel Clark and Bertie Lena (Fullen) Clark. He served in the United States Army and was a member of First Baptist Church in Bridge City. He was a well-known and beloved broadcaster for several different stations including KYKR, KAYD, KJAC, KLVI, KCAC, KCAW, KOGT and the Cross Country Radio Station in Jasper. He was well known for his "Sunday in the Country" radio show. He is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Lavern Smith and Bobbie Lena Hankins and brothers, Easuel Clark, Jr. and Doyle Dempsey Clark. Mr. Clark is survived by his daughters, Andi Williams of Madisonville and Dana Lea Silkwood and husband, Bret of The Woodlands; grandchildren, Mirandy Dakota Williams and Christopher Raymond Conley; great granddaughter, Abigail Rose Conley and the mother of his children, Doris Ann Myers of Bedias. He is also survived by his siblings, Hiram Knox Clark, Clara Mozelle Hillyer, Jo Nell LaRoue, and Reba Jean Barnett and his longtime friend, Carole Sterns. http://www.claybarfuneralhome.com/_mgxroot/page_10732.php Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, December 5, 2012, page 12
  Person ID	I11051	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Neuman Easuel Clark, Sr.,   b. 22 Nov 1897, Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas d. 16 Feb 1984, Bridge City, Orange County, Texas (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Bertie Lena Fullen,   b. 13 Aug 1903, Sabine County, Texas d. 18 Oct 1985, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1919  [7, 8, 9]
  	In the "Back In Time" column of the Sabine County Reporter, September 15, 1999, it was noted that Twenty Years ago, in 1979, "Mr and Mrs Easuel Clark were celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary." That means they were probably married circa September 1919. In the "Back In Time" column of the Sabine County Reporter, September 29, 1999, it was noted that Thirty Years ago, in 1969, "Mr and Mrs. Easuel Clark were honored with a reception on their 50th Wedding anniversary."
  Photos		Clark, Bertie (Fullen) with her husband, Newman Photo taken ca 1925 in Fairmount, Sabine County, Texas
  Family ID	F3266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F4774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Aug 1939 - Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas Death - 25 Nov 2012 - Orange, Orange County, Texas Burial - 29 Nov 2012 - Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S360] Simmons, Frances--Family Researcher (Rt 1, Box 193, Newton, TX 75966). [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.). [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine Cunnty, JP 7, Bayou, Fairdale, Fairmount Enumerated 20 Apr 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-11 Sheet 5A 75 (Reliability: 3). [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 26, shown as Lee O'Daniels Clark (Reliability: 3). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), December 5, 2012, page 12 (Reliability: 3). [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 26 (Reliability: 3). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.). [S913] McCary, Kay P. "Fairmount Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 25 (Reliability: 3).