Rufus Ray Clark

1921 - 2003  (82 years)

• Name	Rufus Ray Clark  [1]
  Born	27 Jan 1921	Coleman, Johnston County, Oklahoma, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	24 Apr 1940	Post Prison, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA   [3]
  	Clark, Rufus R., prisoner, male, white, 19, single, highest grade 4, born Oklahoma, 1935 was residing in Altis, Jackson County, Oklahoma, not a farm, institution
  NEWS	Jun 1950	Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA   [4]
  	News item stating that Rufus Ray Clark attempted to rob the Summerall grocery store.
  NEWS	11 Aug 1950	Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA   [5]
  	Rufus Ray Clark given a 5-year suspended sentence in the attempted burglary of Summeral Grocery.
  Obituary	Abt September 1952  [2]
  	REEDSVILLE -- Rufus Ray "Tex" Clark Sr., 82, of 64 S. Main St., Reedsville, died at 3:15 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2003, at his residence. Born Jan. 27, 1921, in Coleman, OK, he was a son of the late Edwin and Ola Belle (Walker) Clark. His wife, Virginia C. (Johnson) Clark, died Jan. 6, 1999. Surviving are: a son, Rufus R. Clark, Jr. and his wife Linda, Marquez, TX; a step-granddaughter whom he raised, Beth Kough, Reedsville; a grandson, Matthew J. Clark, Kansas, OK; two step-children, Janice M. Neff, Duncansville, and Michael C. Kough, Lewistown; twin sister, Ruth Braxton, Amarillo, TX; a sister, Mary Lou Simpson, Pampa, TX; a half-sister, Loretta Henderson, OK; an aunt, Evelyn Hutson, Lufkin, TX; five step-great-grandchildren and four step-great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by: a brother, Randall Clark; four half-brothers, Clifford Putman, Chester Putman, Barney Putman and Marvin J. Henderson. He worked at Metlmex Corp., Lewistown, at New Holland, Belleville, and he owned and operated Big Valley Auction Center, Reedsville. He retired in 1985. He served in the U.S. Army. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Bohn Funeral Home, Reedsville, with Rev. John S. Walters and Ronald E. Neff officiating. Interment will be in Juniata Memorial Park. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home
  Parents	His obituary appears on his FindAGrave listing, though it is not sourced. It names his parents as Edwin Clark and Ola Belle Walker.  [2]
  Residence	Sep 1952	Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA   [1]
  	His father's obituary states he was residing in Corsicana.
  Died	19 May 2003	Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Buried	Juniata Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I5854	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Edwin Clark,   b. 13 Apr 1874, Illinois, USA ,   d. 31 Aug 1952, Dallas County, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Ola Belle Walker,   b. 18 Dec 1892, Texas, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1974, Frances Hospital, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F1297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dorothy Jean Cannon,   d. 1999
  Children	1. Rufus Ray Clark, Jr [DNA],   b. Abt 1949
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F2214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth Elizabeth Keeton
  Married	Jan 1951	Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA   [6]
  	Marriage license issued, Rufus Ray Clark, Elizabeth Keeton.
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F2260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Located a Rufus R. Clark in Corsican and emailed him on 10 April 2014 at rrcj49@yahoo.com Requested DNA testing

  
  

• Sources

  [S4214] “Edwin Clark Dies,” Dallas (Texas) Morning News, 3 September 1952, Sec. 1, p. 7; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 10 April 2014). [S4767] Yvonne Freed Dunn, creator, ?Rufus Ray 'Tex' Clark," (Juniata Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA), 1999, memorial no. 80656360, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 2 March 2015). . [S4932] 1940 U.S. census, Bexar County, Texas, population schedule, San Antonio (city), Ft. Sam Houston, enumeration district (ED) 259-122, sheet 72A (penned), p. 2933a (stamped), household 310, Post Prison, for inmate Rufus R. Clark, age 20; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 November 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 4205. [S4770] ?County Attorney's Office,? Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Tex.), 6 June 1950, p. 11, col. 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 March 2015). [S4771] ?Courthouse News: District Court,? Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light (Corsicana, Tex.), 11 August 1950, p. 12, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 March 2015). [S4769] ?Marriage Licenses,? Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Tex.), 6 January 1951, p. 12, col. 7; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 March 2015).