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Note: NEWPORT NEWS - William Ray Clark, 89, passed away at his home in Newport News on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007.
A native of Lynnville, Tenn., he was a Newport News resident for the past 55 years. He was the owner of Ray's Land Clearing & Landscaping and was a pig farmer after retirement. Ray was a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 58 years, Katherine Cavnar Clark; his daughter, Edna Ray Meade; his son-in-law, Doug Johnson; and his brother, Frank Clark. He is survived by his son, Clarence and Janet Clark; three daughters, Barbara and Leon Rose, Hazel and Paul Fisher, Frances Johnson; his son-in-law, Jerry Meade; seven grandchildren, Norman Ray Derreberry, Sara McLaughlin and her husband, Buck, Shawna Meade, Amy Lodge, Shannon Meade, Ian Clark, and Derek Clark; and four great-grandchildren, Brandon Lodge, Ian McLaughlin, William McLaughlin, and Savana McLaughlin. He is also survived by his brother, Wilburn Clark and sister, Virginia Boatright of Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, at Weymouth Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted by Bob McCoy, a close family friend, at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, at the Weymouth Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Peninsula Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society, 11835 Cannon Blvd., Suite A-102, Newport News, VA 23606.
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