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1:30 pm Sunday, December 2, 2001

OBITUARIES FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 2, 2001

By Staff
DAVID J. CLARK
Retired owner and operator of Clark Printing
Services for David J. Clark will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. David Wilkerson, Dr. Frank Harmon and Dr. Ralph Henson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Clark, 69, of Marion, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Marion.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Clark of Marion; a daughter, Judy Clark Griffin and her husband, Donnie, of Pearl; a stepdaughter, Darlene Thompson, and a stepson, Lee Harvey and his wife Cindy, all of Bailey; three step grandsons, Austin Thompson, Morgan Thompson and Christopher Harvey; a step granddaughter, Miranda Harvey; two half sisters, Marie Kelley and Louise Clark, both of Philadelphia; and a brother-in-law, Jerry Hooks and his wife, Brenda, and their son, Chris.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jo Ann Hooks Clark.
Pallbearers will be Christopher Harvey, Chris Hooks, Morgan Thompson, Austin Thompson, Lee Harvey and Ricky Ballard. Honorary pallbearers will be Harley Linton and Bill Purvis.
Visitation is today from 5 p.m.8 p.m. at the funeral home.
IVA ELIZABETH HARMON
Arrangements were incomplete at Rogers-Atkins Funeral Home of Salem, Ill., for Iva Elizabeth Harmon of Bailey, who died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
She attended Pine Grove Church in Collinsville and was a member of the Obidiah Homemakers Club.
Survivors include a son, Charles Harmon and his wife, Blanche, of Bailey; a daughter, Elizabeth A. Hite and her husband, Carl, of Salem, Ill.; and four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Harmon, a grandson, Carl L. Hite, and a great grandson, Donald J. Shreffler III.
The family requests memorials be made to Center Hill Senior Citizen's Center, Lovella Limerick, 737-8733.
ALLIE KATE ANDERSON
Arrangements were incomplete for Allie Kate Anderson of Sebastopol, who died Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, at Laird Hospital.

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