Carroll Clark

Services will be at 10:00 AM Friday, November 2, 2012, at Central Baptist Church, with Rev. Norman Rushing, pastor, officiating.Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.Mr. Clark was born May 30, 1930 in Paden, Oklahoma, to Fred L. and Georgia L. Williamson Clark. He attended schools in Muskogee, Oklahoma, graduating from Muskogee High School in 1948. He married Danita Sue Collins on June 4, 1955. He worked for MKT Railroad for 13 years and then Texas Pipeline for 21 years, retiring in 1986. Carroll then owned and operated Clark's Propane until 1998. He was a former vice president and volunteer with the Celebration of Lights from 1992-2008. In 1985, he was ordained as a deacon. He was a member of Central Baptist Church where he volunteered as a greeter, worked with the bus ministries, and was a member of the Covenant Sunday school class. He loved the outdoors where he was an ardent hunter and fisherman. In his spare time, Carroll liked shooting and reloading, but most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his family.Survivors include his wife: Danita Clark of the home; 2 daughters: Pamela Cummings and husband Clif of Missouri City, and Paula Girvin and husband Todd of Dallas; his son: Mark Clark and wife Leslie of Pampa; a grandson: Zachary Cummings of Missouri City; 3 granddaughters: Joy Lindgren and husband Andrew of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Wendy Brack and husband Joshua of Pampa, and Haley Clark of Austin; a great-granddaughter: Abigail Lindgren of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and a daughter and her son: Mitzi and John Welch of Blanchard, Oklahoma. Carroll was preceded in death by a sister: Betty Echelle; and a brother: James Clark.Memorials may be made to Central Baptist Church Building Fund, 513 E. Francis, Pampa, Texas 79065.