Obituary of Opal Clark, Washington County, Arkansas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Rosa Cline Date: 10 Dec 2009 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/washington/washington.htm *********************************************************** Online at Wasson Funeral Home: Opal Clark Opal Beatrice Clark, 87, of Walnut Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center , Springdale , Arkansas , died February 18, 2009, after an extended illness due to complications from a fractured hip on October 2nd. She was born February 21, 1921 in Savoy , Arkansas to Daniel Joseph Layne and Roxie Lena Morris Layne. She was a member of Zion ’s Rest Primitive Baptist Church in Centerton , Arkansas , for over fifty years. She had numerous hobbies and talents but had a special passion for gardening and was blessed with a "green thumb." She worked as a caregiver for many years and always put others’ needs before her own. Opal was preceded in death by her parents; and five brothers. Survivors include three children, daughter, Carylon Cox and husband James, son, David Clark, and daughter, Pam Bohannan and husband Don; four granddaughters; one step-grandson; six great grandchildren; two step-great grandchildren; one brother, Arnold Layne; and one sister, Jewel Porter. Celebration of life services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2009, at Wasson Memorial Chapel, Siloam Springs , Arkansas , with Elder James Isaacs officiating. Burial will follow at White Oak Cemetery in Savoy , Arkansas . Memorials may be made to Zion ’s Rest Primitive Baptist Church c/o Adrian Talley, 602 Bella Vista Road , Bentonville , AR 72712