Aug. 14, 1934 - Jan. 1, 2023
Funeral services for Melvin Eugene “Bobby” Clark, 88, of Tallulah, were held at 2 p.m., Wed., Jan. 4, at Waverly Baptist Church in Waverly with the Rev. Marion Spence and the Rev. John Skinner officiating.
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Visitation was held at Waverly Baptist Church Wed., Jan. 4, from 1 p.m. until time of service.
Interment was in the Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi.
Melvin was born on Aug. 14, 1934, in Darnell, La. and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sun., Jan. 1, 2023, at his residence in Tallulah.
He was a truck driver; a member of Waverly Baptist Church and a veteran of the US Army.
Melvin is preceded in death by his parents, William Hartford Clark and Sarah Ann Ulmer Clark; his wife of over 60 years, Ellen Geneva Clark; a son, Bobby Clark; and three siblings, Charles Clark, Hartford Clark and Evelyn Ivey.
He is survived by a daughter, Linda Clark Herman and her husband David of Tulsa, Okla.; and a son, William A. Clark and his wife Angie of Tchula, Miss.
He is also survived by grandchildren: Jeffery Herman and wife Melissa, Katrina Herman Gresham and husband Chad, Christopher Herman and wife Tosha, Wayne Clark and wife Brittany, and Michael Clark and wife Heather.
Melvin is also survived by great-grandchildren, Grace, Maddox, and Elizabeth Gresham, Michael Herman, Lexis Garrett and husband Austin, Will Clark, Brendon Quon and William Thomas Clark.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers were grandsons, Wayne Clark, Michael Clark, Will Clark, Chad Gresham, Christopher Herman and Jeffery Herman.
Honorary pallbearers were Wayne Mahoney, David Mahoney, Larry Mahoney, Paul Mahoney and Eddie Mahoney.
