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- Mack Edward Clark, age 90, died peacefully March 11, 2010, at the Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol Tennessee. He was born on February 19, 1920, to the late Lillie Jane Hyder Clark and William Madison Clark in Elizabethton, Tenn.
He served in World War II as an Army Sergeant in Company D, 354th Infantry, 89th Infantry Division. For his involvement in the Rhineland Central European campaign, including the Battle of the Bulge, he received the EAME Theater Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars; Good Conduct Medal; American Theater Ribbon; American Defense Ribbon; and the World War II Victory Medal. He helped liberate Ohrdruf, a Buchenwald sub-camp, on April 4, 1945. Upon discharge for the Army, he worked for S.S. Jones in Johnson City where he completed an apprenticeship as a machinist. He then worked as a machinist for Unisys until he retired in 1983 as a supervisor.
Mr. Clark was a member of Central Christian Church and the Loyal Berean Sunday School Class. He attended regularly until he became a shut-in. In addition to his parents, Mr. Clark was preceded in death by three brothers, Thomas (Tom) Clark, Robert (Bud) Clark and Edgar (Eck) Clark; and three sisters, Annie Clark Little, Ossie Clark Heaton and June Clark Vandeventer.
He is survived by his faithful caregiver and beloved wife of 68 years, Sarah Elizabeth Leonard Clark; two daughters, Karen Elaine Clark Salyer and husband David of Campobello, S.C., and Elizabeth Maxine Clark Sams and husband Charles of Bristol Tennessee; three grandchildren, Lisa Sams Abel and husband Larry of Bristol Tennessee, Edward Sams and wife Jackie of Albuquerque, N.M., and Kelly Salyer of Campobello, S.C.; one great-granddaughter, Maura Wilson Trice and husband Tim of Bristol Tennessee; one brother, James (Jim) Clark and wife Nettie of Elizabethton, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Charles Bolick and his staff at Sapling Grove, EMS Response teams, MSICU nurses and staff of Wellmont Hospital, and especially the Wellmont Hospice House for their kindness and loving care of Mr. Clark. Funeral service will be held Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 2 p.m. in the Glenwood Mausoleum Chapel with Minister Eugene Brockley and Minister Ross Dampier officiating.
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1920 - 2010 (90 years)
