Rev. James Lyon "Jim" Clark

Rev. James L. "Jim" Clark, age 84, residing in Prarieville, La., died on June 16th, 2015, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales, La. Jim was born on August 14, 1930, in Stamford, Connecticut, to James Clark and Valina Scofield Clark. He served as a USAF officer in Japan and graduated from William Carey College and New Orleans Baptist Seminary after his return. Jim pastored four congregations and ended his ministry as a staff member at Bethany Church in Baton Rouge, La. He was also the founder and dean of Ministers Training Institute. Jim was preceded in death by his first wife of 38 years, Pat, and survived by his present wife of 25 years, Janet. He is also survived by: his three children Michael Bruce Clark and wife Phyllis, Melanie Dawn Clark Stockstill and husband Rev. Larry Stockstill, Rev. Joel David Clark and wife Heide and his step-children Pamela and Michael Kirkwood, Melissa and Rodney Keller, Steven Marse and wife Lynelle, and Seth Marse, a sister, Joyce Clark Jacquier, step-brothers and sisters, 25 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be held on Friday, June 19, at 11:00 a.m. at Bethany Church South Campus on Reiger Road in Baton Rouge, La. Gifts and donations in lieu of flowers should be given to Bethany Church for the Lazarus drug rehabilitation project.