1933 - 2022 (88 years)
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Name |
Rosa Ann Wright [1, 2] |
Birth |
8 Nov 1933 |
Sabine County, Texas [1, 2] |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
15 Jun 2022 |
Sabine County, Texas |
Burial |
Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas |
Notes |
- Rosa Ann Wright Clark, 88, of Hemphill, Texas left her earthly home on June 15th, 2022 to be welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Rosa was born on November 8th, 1933 in Rosevine, Texas to Mack Macaulley Wright and Mary Lee Chambers Wright. She married her husband of 61 years, William Terrell Clark, on February 24th, 1953. Rosa and W. T. moved to Port Arthur, Texas while raising their children, but returned home to Sabine County after retirement.
Rosa enjoyed planting vegetables in her garden and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was a devout Christian and always went to church on Sundays. She was a member of East Mayfield Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Terrell Clark; her daughter, Shirley Diann Clark; her parents, sisters and brothers.
She is survived by one brother, Billy Ray Wright; her sons, William Ricky Clark of Hemphill, Ronald Clark and wife, Kathy, also of Hemphill and Michael Clark and wife, Marilyn, of LaBelle, Texas; 11 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2022 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.
Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Floyd Wright and Bro. Gene Lee officiating.
Burial will follow services in Fairmount Cemetery with her grandsons serving as pallbearers.
Condolences and memories may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter June 22, 2022, page 7
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Person ID |
I40567 |
Strong Family Tree |
Last Modified |
29 Dec 2022 |
Family |
William Terrel Clark, b. 2 May 1931, Sabine County, Texas d. 9 Jan 2014, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 82 years) |
Marriage |
Feb 1953 [1, 3, 4] |
- The Sabine County Reporter
March 13, 2013, Page 6
William Terrell Clark and Rosa Ann Wright Clark celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, Saturday, Feb. 23. 2013.
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Children |
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Family ID |
F12260 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
21 Mar 2013 |
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Sources |
- [S913] McCary, Kay P. "Fairmount Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.
- [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 County, JP 6 Enumerated April 16, 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-9 Sheets 7A and 7B Rosevine to Gravel Hill Road (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. 32 (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.), March 13, 2013, Page 6, 60th Anniversary (Reliability: 3).
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