Virginia Ray Clark

Virginia Ray Clark, 94, from Rockdale County and most recently of Monticello, Georgia, died on August 26, 2015, following a brief illness. She is survived by daughters, Carol V. Clark of Atlanta, Jean Clark Workman and husband, Stone of Monticello, and Nancy Clark Johnson of Conyers; three grandchildren, Camille Johnson of Alpharetta, Caroline Johnson of Anchorage, Alaska, and Phillips Workman of Monticello; her caregiver, Eva Gary; two aunts and a host of relatives. Her husband of 55 years, J. Norman Clark, predeceased her in 2004. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2015, at her church, Union United Methodist, 4600 Highway 138, Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 with Dr. C.R. Hill and Reverend Rick Marson officiating. Mrs. Clark loved her family, and loved Union United Methodist Church where she was christened and brought to church as a baby. When she married Norman Clark there in 1949, it was only the second wedding in the church, for which they had to cut a door for the new groom to come in. As a teen, she was president of the Epworth League, now known as the Methodist Youth Fellowship, and president of the subdistrict. A graduate of Rockdale County High School, she finished Greenleaf Business College in Atlanta in only six months to become an executive secretary. In 1958 she fulfilled one of her dreams of remodeling the Browning Place, her grandparentsâ€™ home in Rockdale County built in 1866 where she loved raising her family as well as countless vegetables, peaches and flowers. She had many interests and loved gardening, cooking, reading, and vacationing at Lake Junaluska. She was a much loved Girl Scout Leader for many in Rockdale County. She remained a church leader and her faith was strong through the loss of two children, Ray Norman Clark in 1953 and Marjorie Lynn Clark in 1963, and the early onset of rheumatoid arthritis at age 39. She taught Sunday School for more than forty years, for many years for the Fellowship Class at Union United Methodist. All members of that class are asked to be honorary pallbearers and to sit together at the service. She with her husband instilled a lifelong love of reading and the importance of education in their children, along with a strong sense of family, friends and faith. Her sweet smile and ongoing expressions of gratitude to God and all those with whom she came into contact were inspirational and will be sorely missed. The family will receive friends at Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Road, Conyers, Georgia 30012 on Saturday, August 29, 2015, from two to five p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions are welcome to the Union United Methodist Church fund marked â€œMissionsâ€ or to the charity of your choice. Condolences may be submitted on-line at www.scotward.com. Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Rd., Conyers, GA, 770-483-7216.

Virginia Ray Clark

July 28, 1921 - August 26, 2015