Huey Clark Shoemaker

Clark was born on October 31, 1926 in Mississippi to James B Shoemaker and Eunice Mills. He was preceded by his brothers Ralph Wendell Shoemaker and Olen Shoemaker.

Huey Clark is survived by a wife, Frances of 68 years, and their three sons and daughters-in-law: Larry Clark and wife Martha, Mark Olen, and Lindsey Kim and wife Pat. He also leaves behind five grandchildren; Bryan Shoemaker, Cody Shoemaker, Morgan Shoemaker, Kiley Runnels and Amanda Bowen and six great grandchildren; Kayla Shoemaker, Colton Shoemaker, Brady Shoemaker, Jayden Shoemaker, Hannah Roberts, and Shane Shoemaker.

As a child, Clark lived with his parents and brothers in Wesson, Mississippi on a 475-acre farm. In tenth grade, he and his family moved to Rockport, Mississippi where his parents were school teachers and he attended Georgetown High School. His senior year of high school, Clark’s parents moved to Port Neches, TX, and Clark moved back to Wesson to finish out high school and play football for his alma mater. Three weeks after graduation in 1945, he was drafted into the US army and spent 18 months in Germany as part of the first occupational forces on the ground following WWII.

Upon returning to the US, Clark met his sweet wife, Frances, and they were married on August 29, 1947. Shortly after their nuptial, Clark was deployed by the US Air Force to Japan for 3 years leaving behind his new bride and their first born son, Larry. When he returned to the states, Larry said “Hi dad” which were in Clarks words “the sweetest words I ever heard.”

As a young family of four, now with Larry and Mark, they moved around a lot from base to base in Texas, California, Illinois, and Mississippi. Shortly after Kim was born, the entire family of five was sent to Japan for three and they truly enjoyed their cultural experience there. After Japan they were stationed in Salina, Kansas and Waco Texas.

After serving 23 years in the United States Military, Clark retired and the family settled in Baytown, Texas where Clark went to work at the JM Huber Corporation for 11 years. Clark was an active member in his church, enjoyed gardening, cooking, feeding people, listening to and helping record country music, and spending time with his family.

Since Clark liked feeding people and at this time his lemon tree is loaded with lemons, his family has picked the lemons and would like each of you to take a lemon. Make yourself a glass of lemonade, and remember, when life gives you lemons, made lemonade.

Services will be led by Don Cain. Good friends Donna and Ray Walker will be singing "Sweet Bye Bye" and "I'll Fly Away". Poem "For My PawPaw" will be recited by Amanda Bowen.