Individual Details
Eugenia May Clark
(15 Jun 1879 - 15 Apr 1954)
Galax Gazette Volume: 79 Issue: 30 Edition: 1 Date: 1954-04-19
Mrs. S. M. McCarter
Mrs. Eugenia Clark McCarter died at her home near Elk Creek about 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, April 15. She had been critically ill since suffering a stroke about a week earlier.
Mrs. McCarter was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Clark, Spring Valley. She and Mr. McCarter celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary last October.
Surviving, besides the husband, are one daughter, Mrs. E. V. Ennis, Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. John Luther, Portsmouth, Ohio, and Mrs. William M. Bassett of Bassett; one brother Claude B. Clark, Hot Springs, Ark., and one grandson, Pvt. Edward Vincent Ennis serving with the U. S. Armed Forces, stationed in Munich, Germany. Two other sisters, Mrs. Bascom L. Delp and Mrs. Robert Farkas, and one brother, Julian Clark preceded Mrs. McCarter in death.
Funeral services were held at Jerusalem Methodist church Saturday at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. B. G. Keebler, pastor of the Spring Valley circuit.
During the services the choir sand "Home of the Soul," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Abide with Me," and "In the Land Where We'll Never Grow Old."
Interment under the direction of Vaughan-Guynn Funeral home Galax was in the church cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 15 Jun 1879 | Virginia |  | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia | | ||
| Marriage | 21 Oct 1902 | Samuel Monroe McCarter | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Providence, Grayson, Virginia | | ||
| Death | 15 Apr 1954 | Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Samuel Monroe McCarter (1875 - 1955) |
| Child | Edna Katherine McCarter (1904 - 1987) |
| Father | Henry Willis Clark (1848 - 1929) |
| Mother | Bettie J. Easterling (1852 - 1884) |
| Sibling | J. J. Clark (1873 - ) |
| Sibling | J. K. Clark (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | Nannie B. Clark |
Endnotes
1. Grave Marker.
2. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: T625_1888; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 70.
3. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Providence, Grayson, Virginia; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0009.
4. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia.
5. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: 1368; Page: 342A; Enumeration District: 035.
6. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: 1368; Page: 342A; Enumeration District: 035.
7. , Clark Family Bible (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
8. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: T625_1888; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 70.
9. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Providence, Grayson, Virginia; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0009.
10. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia.