Palestine High School Alumni Association

James Ripley Clark 1963 Born 10-02-1944 Died 06-24-1964 Age 19

10 / 02 / 1944  –  06 / 24 / 1964

Funeral services for James Ripley (Rip) Clark, 19, of Rt. 6, Palestine, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in Hassell & Foster Chapel with John Dial, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will follow in the Davis Cemetery, east of Grapeland.

Pallbearers Will be George Massey, Clayton McKinzie, Butch Williams, Corky Huffman, George Wood, Buster Herren and Nelson Link.

A native of Anderson County, Mr.Clark was born On October 2, 1944. He was a member of the Queen and DeBard Church of Christ, and a graduate of Palestine High School. He died Wednesday afternoon June 24, 1964 from injuries received In a tractor accident.

Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Clark; a brother, Rush Clark of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Clark of Palestine.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 06-25-1964