Obituary
Henry Loran Clark, Sr.
East Baton Rouge Parish
August, 2000

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CLARK SR., HENRY LORAN
A retired California state heavyweight champion boxer and a former
12-year employee of The American Can Co., he passed away Friday,
Aug. 18, 2000, at 2 p.m. He was 55, a resident of San Francisco and
Sacramento, Calif., and a native of Baton Rouge. Survived by his mother,
Mary Elizabeth Clark, Zachary; his children, Henry L. Clark Jr. and wife
Renita Clark, Leonard W. Clark and wife Windy Clark, Leo J. Clark and
Yolanda F. Clark; his grandchildren, Keren O'Callaghan, Leonard W.
Clark Jr., Breanna Clark (Leonard's baby girl), Breanna Clark
(Leo's baby girl), Essence Leca, Nathaniel Clark, Tiana Clark,
Loran I. Clark, Samuel Loving, Jazzmine Loving and Phylicia Loving;
his childhood sweetheart and former wife, Memphis Clark; his sisters
and brothers, pastor Edith Howard and husband Jim Howard, Julia Greenup
and Janet M. Clark, all of Zachary, LueDora S. Simms, Baton Rouge,
Richard J. Clark Sr., and Julius Stampley and wife Betty Stampley; a
devoted uncle, George Stampley; and numerous nieces, nephews and other
relatives. Preceded in death by his father, Emanuel L. Clark Sr.; a brother,
Emanuel L. Clark Jr.; two nephews, Harold J. Clark and Ulysses Collins Jr.;
and maternal grandparents. Visiting was at Hall's Mortuary, Port Allen, from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Visiting was at Interdenominational Faith Assembly,
5050 Greenwell St., from 5 p.m. until religious services from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Wednesday, conducted by pastor Jim Howard and pastor Edith Howard. Dismissal at
10 a.m. Thursday. Interment in Southern Memorial Gardens. Special thanks to
Aunt Edith Howard and the Clark family, Hall's Mortuary, Interdenominational
Faith Assembly and Southern Memorial Gardens. Henry L. Clark Sr. is deeply
loved and will be greatly missed by all of his loved ones. He is in good hands
now with God.