Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Rome News Tribune February 6, 1955
Rites Set Monday For Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Betty Frances Clark, 24, 322 Forsyth St., died in a Rome hospital at 2 a.m. Saturday following an illness of several months.
Mrs. Clark was born in Rome May 16, 1930, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hilliard Padgett and had spent her entire life here. She received her education
in the Rome public schools and was a member of the North Rome Church of God.
Survivors are the husband, Franklin Eugene Clark, to whom she was married May 16, 1948; two sons, Phillip Eugene and Stephen Jerome Clark; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W.H. Padgett; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I.J. Holloway, all of Rome. Several aunts and uncles also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the North Rome Church of God. The pastor, the Rev. Max L. Atkins, and the Rev. Paul Stover of Augusta,
will officiate. Interment will be in East View Cemetery.
The body will lie in state at Jennings Funeral Home until 9 a.m. today when it will be removed to the residence to lie in state until time for services.
Pallbearers will be F.M. Moore, Jr., J.T. Helms, John Andrews, A. P. Sims, Waymon Caldwell and G.C. Allen.
(Note: Died Feb. 5)