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Wilber "Bill" Lee O'Daniel Clark

Male 1939 - 2012  (73 years)


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  • Name Wilber "Bill" Lee O'Daniel Clark  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Nickname Bill 
    Birth 22 Aug 1939  Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Nov 2012  Orange, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial 29 Nov 2012  Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1984, Bridge City, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Bertie Lena Fullen,   b. 13 Aug 1903, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1985, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (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
    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
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Aug 1939 - Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Nov 2012 - Orange, Orange County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 29 Nov 2012 - Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S360] Simmons, Frances--Family Researcher (Rt 1, Box 193, Newton, TX 75966).

    2. [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.).

    3. [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).

    4. [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).

    5. [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).

    6. [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).

    7. [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.).

    8. [S913] McCary, Kay P. "Fairmount Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    9. [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).