Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Underwood, Clarence I. July 11, 1998
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Virginian-Pilot  July 13, 1998
Clarence I. Underwood, 77, of the 1300 block of Emory Place, died July 11, 1998, 
in Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

Mr. Underwood was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk, and was the son of 
the late Robert J. Underwood and Virginia Stark. He was preceded in death by his 
former wife, Mary Joe Underwood and his brother, Bob Underwood. Mr. Underwood, a 
1939 graduate of Maury High School, served in the Navy and was instrumental in 
creating a golf course in North Africa during World War II. He was a PGA Life 
Master Golf Professional; managed, operated and was a pro at Memorial Park Golf 
Course in the 1950s; Stumpy Lake and Ocean View Golf courses in the 1960s and 
1970s. He was the owner and operator of the Golf Shop in the 1950s and 1960s and 
again in the 1980s and 1990s and was the founder of the Golf Shop, Headquarters 
for Junior Golf Inc. Foundation. In 1973, he had the distinction of becoming the 
ninth person ever awarded "Master Professional" status. He was presently employed 
as a panelist for Golf Digest Magazine, evaluating golf courses throughout the 
country. In recent years, he fulfilled a lifelong dream of establishing a local 
National Junior Golf Association.

He was a life member of the PGA, founding member of the Greenbrier Golf and 
Country Club, a past member of the Cavalier Golf and Country Club, the Harbor 
Club, Towne Point Club, Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, Foxfire Golf and Country 
Club, Naples, Fla. He was also a member of Circus Saints and Sinners, Norfolk; the 
Masonic and Khedive Temples; the Norfolk Sports Club; the Cosmopolitan Club; and 
the Executive Club of Norfolk.

Survivors include his loving wife, Elaine Baker Eike Underwood of Norfolk; a 
daughter, Linda Welsh and her husband, Cornell, of Norfolk; a stepdaughter, Sandy 
Oates and her husband, Bill, of Virginia Beach; four grandchildren, David and 
Glenn Welsh and his wife, Wendy, and Jody and Nikki Welsh; a great-granddaughter, 
Olivia Welsh; two step-grandchildren, Kim and Kevin Oates and his wife, Kim; and a 
step-great-granddaughter, Casey Elizabeth Oates.

A church service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Talbot Park Baptist 
Church by Dr. Tim Dixon. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery. The family will 
receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. H.D. Oliver 
Funeral Apts., Norfolk, is handling arrangements.

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