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Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ivy Lee Clark, 94, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great-great grandfather passed from this life in the early hours of Saturday, January 30th, 2021.

He was born October 28th, 1926 in Clarktown, TX in southern Sabine County, the youngest son of Ivy Franklin Clark and Mary Jane Parker Clark. He lived most of his life in Pineland where he was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pineland.

Ivy Lee spent his entire career in the timber industry operating his own businesses over the years before retiring to become a full time Papaw in 2008 where his duties included running the grandkids and friends hang out house on Nichols St. in Pineland, the best Halloween trick-or-treat house in town, backyard pool life guard, tv remote operator, watching The Weather Channel, cartoons and game shows (Tom and Jerry, The Price is Right, Family Feud, and Wheel of Fortune were a few of his favorites), eating Blue Bell ice cream, perfecting "million dollar" paper airplanes, finding the snacks Mamaw hid from him (which aggravated her to no end), "taking some exercise" by walking laps around the house, and making sure everyday to show his family how proud and loved they are.

Ivy Lee worked hard to support and provide for his family over the years and taught his children and grandchildren through example the values of kindness, hard work, honesty, generosity, and a good sense of humor. Ivy Lee was in every sense of the words "a truly good man."
Ivy Lee is survived by his wife of 53 years Tommie Jean Clark of Hemphill; daughter, Letha June Bichrest and husband, David, of Lumberton; son, Ivy Franklin Clark and wife, Frances, of Pineland; son, Michael Shane Clark and wife, Angela (Krisi), of Hemphill; and daughter-in-law, Jeanette Clark of Pineland. He has nine grandchildren and too many to count great and great great grandchildren who will cherish his memory forever and always wonder about the stories we heard about our Papaw that he "did not recollect" with a blush when asked about. He will be fondly remembered by numerous other extended family and friends who knew him and were blessed to be part of Ivy Lee and Tommie Jean's lives over the years.

He is preceded in death by his son, Timothy Lee Clark, daughter, Sandra Kay Clark, and his first wife, Letha LaVerne Kincel Clark.

Ivy Lee's family and friends will lay him to rest under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Pastor Jerry Gilbert officiating on Monday, February 1st, 2021 at 11am at the Mattox Cemetery near Mayflower, TX north of Burkeville, TX off Highway 87.

Pall bearers will be his grandsons Jonathan Stracener, Christopher Clark, Nicholas Clark, Ivy Jacob Clark, great grandsons Jesse Johnson Jr. and Andrew Wilson.

Honorary pallbearers great grandsons Aiden Stracener, Carter Stracener, Braeden Leonard, Robert Ivy Clark, great-great grandson Hunter Johnson, and might as well be grandsons, Cary Lowe and Tristan McCauley.

A memorial service to honor his life will be planned at a later date. The family would like to thank the staff at the Hemphill Care Center for their tireless dedication and their loving care for Ivy Lee in his final years.

Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.

Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 3, 2021, page 4

Ivy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary

Cecil Connaly Tatom, 72, passed away Wednesday evening in the Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital in Nacogdoches, Texas. Cecil was born on July 26, 1944, in Sabine County, to Claude Tatom and Marie Antoinette McGown Tatom. He retired as an environmental engineer and school teacher.

He is survived by his wife Ann Tatom of Pineland, son Cecil Claude Tatom of Pineland, three daughters: Shelia Lowe, Frances Clark and husband Franklin, and April McCauley and husband Chris of Pineland, his two sisters: Nell Butler of Hemphill and Kathy Hutton and husband E.H. of Palacous, her 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by Melanie Tatom.

Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 9:00PM, Friday, December 16, 2016, at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 1:00PM, Saturday, December 17, 2016, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Plainview Cemetery

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In the August 15, 2018 issue of The Sabine County Reporter, in a column titled "Tales from Sabine County", his son, Cecil Claude Tatom recalled one story that was commom amongst all his father's former students, the "infamous sodiuma nd water experiment, in which he very nearly blew up the school science lab. Every person I've chatted with has had fond memories of him, and I think he's grinning broadly from the other side."

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDJQ-NJ2
Name: Ivy Franklin Clark
Death Date: 14 May 1967
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 71 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1896
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James Andrew Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Martha Smith
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Timber Contractor
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Mattox
Burial Place: Newton, Texas
Burial Date: 16 May 1967
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2138609
Digital Film Number: 4027225
Image Number: 2577
Reference Number: 33768
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP 3
Enumerated April 18, 1930
ED 176-4 SD 19 Sheet 6B
143-143
Clark, Ivey F Head M W 24 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Mary H Wf F W 29 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Lexie J Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ivey L Son M W 3 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Ivy married Mary Jane Parker on 1 Aug 1920. Mary was born on 27 Sep 1900 in Harrisburg, Jasper County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John W. Clark shows her as a daughter of Nancy Jane DuBose and Wade Hampton Parker.

George + Etta Geraldine Smith. Etta was born on 5 Dec 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jun 2015 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Etta Geraldine Jacks, 84, passed away in the Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill. Etta was born in Sabine County to Wesley and Essie Mae Thomas Smith. She was a member of the Parkway Baptist Church; she worked as a certified nurse's aide for the Sabine County Hospital and private duty.

She is survived by her son Tommy Jacks and wife Virginia of Pineland, her three daughters: Linda Lou Jacks of Pineland, Sharon Boulware of Dickinson, Texas, and Tommie Jean Clark and husband Ivy Lee of Pineland, Texas, her nine grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.

Graveside service is at 11:00AM, Friday, July 3, 2015, in the Jacks Cemetery in Pineland, Texas.

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Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, July 8, 2015, Page 11

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(Medical):See attached sources.

Claude married Marie Antoinette McGown before 1930. Marie (daughter of Andrew Henderson McGown and Vitura Evelyn "Lina" Whitehead) was born on 28 Sep 1910 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Dec 1976 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name Marie Antoinette Tatom
Event Type Death
Event Date 01 Dec 1976
Event Place Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Occupation School Teacher Public Schools (elem)
Birth Date 28 Sep 1910
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Andrew Henderson Mcgown
Mother's Name Vitura Evelyn Whitehead
Informant Cecil Tatom (son)
Certificate Number 101111
GS Film number 2243988
Digital Folder Number 005165876
Image Number 00834



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FJ-G4R : accessed 10 Jun 2014), Marie Antoinette Tatom, 01 Dec 1976; citing certificate number 101111, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243988.