Harvey Clay Clark was the son of Edward Porter Clark and Ida May Chiles Clark of Giles County, Tennessee. Harvey's mother died shortly after his younger sister Fanny Mae in 1904. Harvey married Marie Louise Howard, daughter of Frank and Callie Spencer Howard of Waxahachie, Texas. Harvey and Louise had one child, a daughter, Betty Lou Clark of Waxahachie. Harvey worked in the steel mills in New York for a time and then became a commercial fisherman. His brother Edwin Porter Clark and he worked the business in the Gulf Coast of Texas. "Daddy Clark", as we affecionately called him, would always caution us when we'd go to play at Padre Island. "Watch out for the undertow", he'd say. He was greatly loved. Harvey died on my birthday and I will always remember him with much love. I still have the first teddy bear I ever received..it was from my "Daddy Clark". With love, Gloria Jeanne
Obituary
The Corpus Christi Times, Section B
Thursday, December 31, 1959
"Harvey Clay Clark"
"Funeral services and burial for Harvey Clay Clark, 56, of 505 Jester, will be held in Waxahachie. He was a commercial fisherman.
A resident of Corpus Christi since 1927, Clark died at 4 p.m. yesterday at his home. He was a native of Bardwell, a community near Waxahachie in Ellis County.
Surviving are his wife Marian B. Clark of Corpus Christi; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Tune of Midlothian, and three brothers, Edwin, Jim and Floyd Clark all of Waxahachie.
Cage-Mills Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements."
Rest in peace.
For you Mama with all my love, Gloria Jeanne
Obituary
The Corpus Christi Times, Section B
Thursday, December 31, 1959
"Harvey Clay Clark"
"Funeral services and burial for Harvey Clay Clark, 56, of 505 Jester, will be held in Waxahachie. He was a commercial fisherman.
A resident of Corpus Christi since 1927, Clark died at 4 p.m. yesterday at his home. He was a native of Bardwell, a community near Waxahachie in Ellis County.
Surviving are his wife Marian B. Clark of Corpus Christi; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Tune of Midlothian, and three brothers, Edwin, Jim and Floyd Clark all of Waxahachie.
Cage-Mills Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements."
Rest in peace.
For you Mama with all my love, Gloria Jeanne
Harvey Clay Clark was the son of Edward Porter Clark and Ida May Chiles Clark of Giles County, Tennessee. Harvey's mother died shortly after his younger sister Fanny Mae in 1904. Harvey married Marie Louise Howard, daughter of Frank and Callie Spencer Howard of Waxahachie, Texas. Harvey and Louise had one child, a daughter, Betty Lou Clark of Waxahachie. Harvey worked in the steel mills in New York for a time and then became a commercial fisherman. His brother Edwin Porter Clark and he worked the business in the Gulf Coast of Texas. "Daddy Clark", as we affecionately called him, would always caution us when we'd go to play at Padre Island. "Watch out for the undertow", he'd say. He was greatly loved. Harvey died on my birthday and I will always remember him with much love. I still have the first teddy bear I ever received..it was from my "Daddy Clark". With love, Gloria Jeanne
Obituary
The Corpus Christi Times, Section B
Thursday, December 31, 1959
"Harvey Clay Clark"
"Funeral services and burial for Harvey Clay Clark, 56, of 505 Jester, will be held in Waxahachie. He was a commercial fisherman.
A resident of Corpus Christi since 1927, Clark died at 4 p.m. yesterday at his home. He was a native of Bardwell, a community near Waxahachie in Ellis County.
Surviving are his wife Marian B. Clark of Corpus Christi; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Tune of Midlothian, and three brothers, Edwin, Jim and Floyd Clark all of Waxahachie.
Cage-Mills Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements."
Rest in peace.
For you Mama with all my love, Gloria Jeanne
Obituary
The Corpus Christi Times, Section B
Thursday, December 31, 1959
"Harvey Clay Clark"
"Funeral services and burial for Harvey Clay Clark, 56, of 505 Jester, will be held in Waxahachie. He was a commercial fisherman.
A resident of Corpus Christi since 1927, Clark died at 4 p.m. yesterday at his home. He was a native of Bardwell, a community near Waxahachie in Ellis County.
Surviving are his wife Marian B. Clark of Corpus Christi; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Tune of Midlothian, and three brothers, Edwin, Jim and Floyd Clark all of Waxahachie.
Cage-Mills Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements."
Rest in peace.
For you Mama with all my love, Gloria Jeanne
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