Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Clark, Julius 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sam Luckey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003136 December 8, 2004, 9:34 am The Camilla Enterprise 4 Jan1957 page 5 Camilla, Ga. Obituary of Julius Clark as written in "The Albany Herald" dated 3 Jan 1957 (Albany, Georgia) and "The Camilla Enterprise" (Camilla, Georgia) dated 4 Jan 1957. SALE CITY--Funeral services were held at 3:00 PM today, 3 Jan 1957, at the First Baptist Church here for Julius Clark, 58, who died Wednesday, 2 Jan 1957, at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany following a brief illness. The Rev Otis Glover officiated and interment was inj Sale City Cemetery with Bramlett Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Clark was born and raised in Mitchell County, and was a member of the Sale City First Baptist Church. He was employed as a clerk in the shoe department of a Camilla department store. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Julia Mae Griner; four sons, Marvin Clark of Washington, D. C.; Huey D. Clark of Millington, Tenn., Robert Clark of Sale City and Max Clark of Athens; five daughters, Mrs. Lee Savage of Silver Spring, Md., Mrs. Jean Bultman of Minnesota, Miss Ann Clark of Orlando, Fla., the former Miss Nann Clark of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Jake Goss of Sale City; one brother, Kitt Clark of Florida; four sisters, Mrs. Opal Schick, Mrs. Ruth Clark and Mrs. Clara Gore all of Florida, and Mrs. Austin Fussell of Sale City and several grandchildren. ============================================================= A victim of acute leukemia for the past six weeks, most of which time he was hospitalized, Julius Clark, 59, of Sale City, died at about five o'clock Wednesday morning, January 2, at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. He had developed pneumonia the day before and died shortly afterwards. Mr. Clark had spent the past fifteen years as a clerk at Feingolds, The Big Store, in Camilla. Born and reared in Mitchell County, he had many friends all over the county who were shocked at news of his passing. It was just about three weeks ago that doctors diagnosed the case as leukemia. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, Thursday, at three o'clock at the Sale City Baptist Church, the Rev. Otis Glover, pastor, officiating. Interment followed in the Sale City cemetery. Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla had charge of arrangements. Active pallbearers were members of the Board of Deacons of the church and a large honorary escort was formed of friends of the deceased. Mr. Clark was born fifty-nine years ago in Mitchell County, the son of the late Lee Clark and Artie Missy Crosby Clark. He was a member of the Sale City Baptist Church a number of years, member of the Board of Deacons, and was serving as Assistant Sunday School Board of Trustees. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Julia Mae Griner; stepmother, the former Miss Ethel Cox, now living in Lorida, Fla.; five daughters, Mrs. Lee Savage of Silver Springs, Maryland, Mrs. Jean Bultman of Minnesota, Miss Ann Clark of Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Jake Goss of Sale City, and Mrs. Mack McQuillan of Miami, Fla.; four sons, Myrvin Clark of Washington, D. C., Huey Donald Clark of Millington, Tennessee, Robert Clark of Sale City, and Max Clark of Athens; one half brother, C. K. Clark of Lorida, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Eric Gore of Dunellon, Fla.; three half sisters, Mrs. Bernard Odum of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. Austin Fussell of Sale City and Mrs. H. D. Schick of Clewiston, Fla. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell/obits/c/gob2044clark.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb