Dorothy Clark

Denton, NC Dorothy Lee Brown Clark, 92, of 157 Carroll Avenue, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the Mountain Vista Health Park in Denton, NC. A native of Madison County, she had resided in both Haywood and Buncombe Counties before moving to Denton. Mrs. Clark worked as a nurses aide at Memorial Mission Hospital and retired from Klopman Mills on June 2, 1980. She was a member of The Church of God in Waynesville. Mrs. Clark enjoyed homemaking, working in her garden, cooking, canning, and making quilts for her family. She was the daughter of the late James Horace and Lula Magnolia Moore Brown, and the wife of the late Rev. Ephram Luther Clark. Mrs. Clark was also preceded in death by a daughter, Eunice Magnolia Aldridge; grandson, James Fred Jimmy Clark, Jr.; two granddaughters: Deborah Jean Clark and Cynthia Ann Clark; great-granddaughter, Heather Clark; four sisters and two brothers. Surviving are her sons: James Fred Clark of Denton, Rev. David L. Clark and wife Judy of Leicester, and Ben Oliver Clark of Staley, NC; son-in-law, David Aldridge of Waynesville; sisters: Belvie King and husband Gordon of Leicester and Artie Johnson of Cullman, AL; brother, Everett Brown of Cruso, NC; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, 3 great, great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home and Cremation Center, with the Rev. David L. Clark, Rev. Daryl Clark and Rev. Mark Lamb officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7-9 PM Tuesday at the funeral home.