Marion-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries..... Clark, John Kenneth May 31, 2013
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Watson- Tante Ffuneral Home Buena Vista GA  Posted  June 3 2013
Ken Clark
Born: Sat Jun 4, 1932
Died: Fri May 31, 2013

Funeral Service
 Wed Jun 05, 2013
Location: New Providence Baptist Church 

John Kenneth Clark of Box Springs, GA, died Friday, May 31, 2013, at Columbus 
Regional Hospital in Columbus, GA.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at New 
Providence Baptist Church with Reverend David Chapman officiating. Music will 
be provided by Sherry McAllister.  Serving as pallbearers will be Todd 
Reynolds, Cameron Elliott, Tommy Hill, Steve Clark, Gene Clark, Steve Young, 
Angus Clark, and Edward Reynolds. The family will receive friends at the 
funeral home on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, from 6-8PM.

Ken Clark, age 80, was born to Heman Glennwood and Vivian Hester Clark in 
Lumberton, North Carolina, where he lived until his high school graduation 
from Hoke High School at the age of 17. He then joined the US Navy where he 
proudly served 4 years of shipboard Korean War duty. He entered the University 
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1954, earning a degree in journalism 3 
years later.

Ken’s successful career began with the Charlotte Observer as a reporter and 
editorial writer before entering the public relations field, where he held 
corporate positions with Monsanto, M&M/Mars and North Carolina National Bank. 
He was inducted into the Public Relations Hall of Fame in 1990 and retired 
from Duke Power in 1992, where he was Vice President in Charge of Corporate 
Communications.

After his retirement, Ken devoted himself to public service, having moved to 
Marion County, Georgia to be close to his wife Shirley’s family. He had 
perfected the art of bringing people together for the greater good, with a 
focus on economic development and jobs creation. He thoroughly enjoyed the 
challenge and made himself an integral part of the community.

Ken’s favorite pastimes included fishing, travel to sunny beaches, photography 
and getting to know his 3 children and 7 grandchildren, making several trips 
to the Pacific Northwest for that purpose. He was content with a good fire and 
conversation, always with a wit and insight that reflected his keen 
intelligence. His continued involvement with nieces, nephews, friends and 
extended family gave him great pleasure, as did a well-written historical 
article or Civil War tome.

Ken has fought several health battles in the past and lost his fight with 
pancreatic and liver cancer last Friday. He will be sorely missed by all who 
have known him, including the business and family contacts for whom he worked 
so hard. He enjoyed his last years in the beautiful home he and Shirley shared 
on Juniper Lake, boating in the afternoons and making the neighborly rounds to 
pass the day.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley Clark of Box Springs, GA; by a son, John 
Kenneth Clark, Jr. of Morgantown, NC; by three daughters, Beth McLeod, Karen 
Kunkle and Lisa Crawford and husband Dennis, all of Seattle, WA; by a brother 
Tony F. Clark and wife Peggy of Chapel Hill, NC; and by a sister Jean Johnson 
Kelly and husband Bill of Raeford, NC. 7 Grandchildren, Lindsey McLeod, Robert 
Kunkle, William Kunkle, Kimberly Kunkle, Dustin Lagos, David Crawford, 
Jennifer Crawford, and two great-grandsons, Leo Sanon and Colin Crawford also 
survive.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the New Providence Baptist Church 
Building Fund, 51 Moon Lane, Buena Vista, GA, 31803, or the John B. Amos 
Cancer Center, 1831 5th Ave., Columbus, GA, 31904. Watson-Tante Funeral Home 
of Buena Vista, Georgia, was in charge of these arrangements.  


  


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