Funeral services for Jimmie N. Willis Clark, 89, were held on February 21, 2023, at Emory Baptist Church. Bro. Richard Piles officiated. Interment followed in Emory City Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Logan Ely, Bubba Goodwin, Dalton Redmon, Markus Groves, Brennan Potts and Clint McAree. Honorary pallbearers were Alan Pound and Ronnie McEnturff.
Mrs. Clark died on Saturday, February 18, 2023, in Sulphur Springs. She was born March 29, 1933, to Wallace and Iva Matthews in Ashdown, Arkansas.
She married Gerald Willis on September 5, 1950, in Corpus Christi. She was a bank teller and later became a stay-at-home wife and a very active member of Davis Street Baptist Church and Emory Baptist Church. Her biggest joys were spending time with her family, working in her garden, playing card games, cooking, eating and being a very active member in her church as well as the Women’s Service Club of Emory.
She is survived by her son, Ronnie Willis and wife Michelle; granddaughters, Dana Willis and fiancé Logan Ely and Misty Goodwin and husband Bubba of Cumby; step-grandsons, Dalton, Cameron and Justin Redmon and wife Lyndsey; three step-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Gerald “Jerry” Willis; second husband, Bearl Clark; her parents; all of her siblings; and several nephews and one niece.
Arrangements were under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home.