A private graveside service will be on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 11:30am, at Union Hill Cemetery, for Mrs. Martha Delois Jones Clark, 81, of Gadsden, AL, who passed away on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Brother Randy Gunter will officiate the service. Collier-Butler Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Clark lived in Gadsden her whole life. She met her loving husband, Wayne Daniel Clark, at the age of 16. They were married when she was 17. They enjoyed 64 wonderful years together up until his death. She truly loved her beloved pets CoCo, Dollie, and Sister Cat. She also loved drinking her sweet tea and singing country music.
Martha began her career as a CNA at McGuffey’s Nursing Home, where she worked her way through nursing school at Gadsden Technical School. She graduated in 1974 as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). She continued working at McGuffey’s Nursing Home for over 40 years. Mrs. Clark also cared for the residents at Northside Healthcare, Attalla Healthcare, and Gadsden Healthcare. She truly had a heart for caring for elderly patients. Martha also taught and trained the CNA students at Gadsden State Community College.
Mrs. Clark was definitely an Angel on earth. She served in the medical field as a nurse up until a week before she passed. Her youngest grandson says, “The definition of a hero is someone who gives up their life to save others. She worked till her heart gave out from helping care for others.”
Mrs. Clark will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Wayne Daniel Clark; her parents, Willie (Red) Raymond Jones and Lois Belle Mitchell Jones; sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth and Clarence Jarrell; brother and sister-in-law, William (Cuz) Jones and Imogene Jones; grandson, Adam Wayne Garrett; and chosen great grandson, KiKi Kernochen.
She is survived by her children, Martha Wayne Garrett, Patricia (Danny) Smith, and Danny (Janice) Clark; grandchildren, Amanda (Terry) Vest, Terrisa Smith, Jeremy (Carrie) Smith, Daniel Smith, Justin (Destany) Clark, Denice Snow, and Debbie Green; great grandchildren, Adam Wayne Garrett Jr., Neema Smith, expected great grandchild, Kylie Jo Clark, and Mahaley Clark; chosen great grandchildren, kael Kernochen, Saeryn Taylor, Slade Taylor, Austin Green, Dallas Green, and Tyler Green; sister in law, Ruth Clark; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Justin Clark, Jeremy Smith, Daniel Smith, Dan Smith, Billy Jones, and Chris Maxwell.
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