Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Clarke, Vernon H., 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ VERNON HAYES CLARKE Vernon Hayes Clarke, 85, died Saturday, September 23, 2006 at his home near Wakefield, Va. Born in Surry County he was a son of the late Joseph Alexander Clarke and Essie King Clarke. He is survived by his beloved wife of almost 62 years, Hylah Harvell Clarke. Mr. Clarke was a retired farmer, a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, a member of the Wakefield Ruritan Club for 53 years, a charter member of the Farmers Hunt Club, and was on the Board of Trustees of the Ivor Volunteer Rescue Squad. He is also survived by a son, Dennis H. Clarke and wife, Debra; grandchildren, Sandra Lindsey and husband, Pryor, Tim Clarke and wife, Christen, and Jennifer Clarke; great- grandchildren, Savannah Lindsay, Isabel Lindsey, Shea Lindsey, Dawson Clarke, Joe Clarke and Lauren Clarke; and a sister, Dorothy Kibler and husband Jimmy. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, with the Rev. Roy Drake officiating. Interment will follow in Waverly Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home of Monday evening, 7 until 8:30 p.m. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations in honor of Mr. Clarke may be made to a volunteer fire department of volunteer rescue squad of your choice. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, assisted the family with arrangements. Vernon Hayes CLARKE, retired farmer, b. 13 Jun 1921, Surry Co., d. 23 Sep 2006, at home, near Wakefield, interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 26 Sep 2006, "Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 25, 2006 Additional information: *Find a Grave Mem. #17986647 His parents are also buried there. His widow's obit "Daily Press," July 12, 2011) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/c462h1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/c462v1ob.txt