descendant of Abraham Clark, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
BRISTOL, TN – Forrest Stanley Clark, age 87, took his final flight on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at Holston Manor in Kingsport. He was born in Newark, NJ, a son to the late Benjamin & Eva MacFee Clark. After graduating Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, NJ, Forrest served his country after being inducted into the 8th Air Force in 1942. During his time in service, he earned several medals including the Purple Heart. He was a crewman on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving as a tail gunner and radioman in the air war over Europe. His plane was shot down twice and he interned in Switzerland and escaped into France during the Battle of the Bulge. After his time in the service, he married Ruth Lucille Buck in Montclair, NJ on June 25, 1948. Mr. Clark earned his undergraduate degree in journalism in 1949 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, and then his postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Minnesota in 1950. He helped create the news broadcast at WLOF in Orlando, FL, then was employed as a reporter and columnist for the Sarasota News in Sarasota, FL. In 1963, he returned to New Jersey with his family, to work at the Courier News in Central New Jersey. During his time as a journalist, he interviewed several famous people, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. He earned several awards including State County Commissioners of New Jersey Award, Society of Professional Journalists Award, Jaycees of New Jersey Achievement, Letter Writers Award in the Orlando Sentinel, VFW Appreciation Award in 1990, and Wings Over Florida 250 Birds Award. His books include "Innocence and Death," a story of the air war over Europe, "Is That So?," interviews and encounters with personalities in the news, and "Civil Rights & The Media," all published by Jawbone Press. Forrest was also a member of numerous organizations including Society of Professional Journalists, Canal Society of New Jersey, 8th AF Historical Society, 44 BG Veterans Association, The Swiss Internee Association, International Liberator Club, Caterpillar Club, life member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Genealogical Society of Osceola Colo., The Clan MacFie Society, and The Nature Conservancy. He was president of the Kissimmee Valley Audubon Society. As an artist, he spent hours drawing and painting in his home studio. He was an ardent birdwatcher and traveled all over the U.S. and Alaska chasing birds. He attended Celebration Church in Blountville. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Warren G. Clark of Stratham, NH. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Ruth B. Clark of Bristol, TN; son, Gordon F. Clark & wife, Priscilla of Bristol, VA; daughter, Mary A. Clark; grandchildren, Lyndsay Sargent and Tyler Clark; and great-grandchildren, Isaac and Bryson Sargent. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Robert Russell officiating. Committal service will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the National Cemetery in Mountain Home, TN. Military honors will be presented by the Bristol VFW Honor Guard. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. prior to the service. Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER, Tues, Feb 3, 2009
BRISTOL, TN – Forrest Stanley Clark, age 87, took his final flight on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at Holston Manor in Kingsport. He was born in Newark, NJ, a son to the late Benjamin & Eva MacFee Clark. After graduating Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, NJ, Forrest served his country after being inducted into the 8th Air Force in 1942. During his time in service, he earned several medals including the Purple Heart. He was a crewman on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving as a tail gunner and radioman in the air war over Europe. His plane was shot down twice and he interned in Switzerland and escaped into France during the Battle of the Bulge. After his time in the service, he married Ruth Lucille Buck in Montclair, NJ on June 25, 1948. Mr. Clark earned his undergraduate degree in journalism in 1949 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, and then his postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Minnesota in 1950. He helped create the news broadcast at WLOF in Orlando, FL, then was employed as a reporter and columnist for the Sarasota News in Sarasota, FL. In 1963, he returned to New Jersey with his family, to work at the Courier News in Central New Jersey. During his time as a journalist, he interviewed several famous people, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. He earned several awards including State County Commissioners of New Jersey Award, Society of Professional Journalists Award, Jaycees of New Jersey Achievement, Letter Writers Award in the Orlando Sentinel, VFW Appreciation Award in 1990, and Wings Over Florida 250 Birds Award. His books include "Innocence and Death," a story of the air war over Europe, "Is That So?," interviews and encounters with personalities in the news, and "Civil Rights & The Media," all published by Jawbone Press. Forrest was also a member of numerous organizations including Society of Professional Journalists, Canal Society of New Jersey, 8th AF Historical Society, 44 BG Veterans Association, The Swiss Internee Association, International Liberator Club, Caterpillar Club, life member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Genealogical Society of Osceola Colo., The Clan MacFie Society, and The Nature Conservancy. He was president of the Kissimmee Valley Audubon Society. As an artist, he spent hours drawing and painting in his home studio. He was an ardent birdwatcher and traveled all over the U.S. and Alaska chasing birds. He attended Celebration Church in Blountville. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Warren G. Clark of Stratham, NH. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Ruth B. Clark of Bristol, TN; son, Gordon F. Clark & wife, Priscilla of Bristol, VA; daughter, Mary A. Clark; grandchildren, Lyndsay Sargent and Tyler Clark; and great-grandchildren, Isaac and Bryson Sargent. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Robert Russell officiating. Committal service will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the National Cemetery in Mountain Home, TN. Military honors will be presented by the Bristol VFW Honor Guard. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. prior to the service. Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER, Tues, Feb 3, 2009
descendant of Abraham Clark, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
BRISTOL, TN – Forrest Stanley Clark, age 87, took his final flight on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at Holston Manor in Kingsport. He was born in Newark, NJ, a son to the late Benjamin & Eva MacFee Clark. After graduating Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, NJ, Forrest served his country after being inducted into the 8th Air Force in 1942. During his time in service, he earned several medals including the Purple Heart. He was a crewman on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving as a tail gunner and radioman in the air war over Europe. His plane was shot down twice and he interned in Switzerland and escaped into France during the Battle of the Bulge. After his time in the service, he married Ruth Lucille Buck in Montclair, NJ on June 25, 1948. Mr. Clark earned his undergraduate degree in journalism in 1949 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, and then his postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Minnesota in 1950. He helped create the news broadcast at WLOF in Orlando, FL, then was employed as a reporter and columnist for the Sarasota News in Sarasota, FL. In 1963, he returned to New Jersey with his family, to work at the Courier News in Central New Jersey. During his time as a journalist, he interviewed several famous people, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. He earned several awards including State County Commissioners of New Jersey Award, Society of Professional Journalists Award, Jaycees of New Jersey Achievement, Letter Writers Award in the Orlando Sentinel, VFW Appreciation Award in 1990, and Wings Over Florida 250 Birds Award. His books include "Innocence and Death," a story of the air war over Europe, "Is That So?," interviews and encounters with personalities in the news, and "Civil Rights & The Media," all published by Jawbone Press. Forrest was also a member of numerous organizations including Society of Professional Journalists, Canal Society of New Jersey, 8th AF Historical Society, 44 BG Veterans Association, The Swiss Internee Association, International Liberator Club, Caterpillar Club, life member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Genealogical Society of Osceola Colo., The Clan MacFie Society, and The Nature Conservancy. He was president of the Kissimmee Valley Audubon Society. As an artist, he spent hours drawing and painting in his home studio. He was an ardent birdwatcher and traveled all over the U.S. and Alaska chasing birds. He attended Celebration Church in Blountville. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Warren G. Clark of Stratham, NH. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Ruth B. Clark of Bristol, TN; son, Gordon F. Clark & wife, Priscilla of Bristol, VA; daughter, Mary A. Clark; grandchildren, Lyndsay Sargent and Tyler Clark; and great-grandchildren, Isaac and Bryson Sargent. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Robert Russell officiating. Committal service will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the National Cemetery in Mountain Home, TN. Military honors will be presented by the Bristol VFW Honor Guard. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. prior to the service. Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER, Tues, Feb 3, 2009
BRISTOL, TN – Forrest Stanley Clark, age 87, took his final flight on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at Holston Manor in Kingsport. He was born in Newark, NJ, a son to the late Benjamin & Eva MacFee Clark. After graduating Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, NJ, Forrest served his country after being inducted into the 8th Air Force in 1942. During his time in service, he earned several medals including the Purple Heart. He was a crewman on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving as a tail gunner and radioman in the air war over Europe. His plane was shot down twice and he interned in Switzerland and escaped into France during the Battle of the Bulge. After his time in the service, he married Ruth Lucille Buck in Montclair, NJ on June 25, 1948. Mr. Clark earned his undergraduate degree in journalism in 1949 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, and then his postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Minnesota in 1950. He helped create the news broadcast at WLOF in Orlando, FL, then was employed as a reporter and columnist for the Sarasota News in Sarasota, FL. In 1963, he returned to New Jersey with his family, to work at the Courier News in Central New Jersey. During his time as a journalist, he interviewed several famous people, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. He earned several awards including State County Commissioners of New Jersey Award, Society of Professional Journalists Award, Jaycees of New Jersey Achievement, Letter Writers Award in the Orlando Sentinel, VFW Appreciation Award in 1990, and Wings Over Florida 250 Birds Award. His books include "Innocence and Death," a story of the air war over Europe, "Is That So?," interviews and encounters with personalities in the news, and "Civil Rights & The Media," all published by Jawbone Press. Forrest was also a member of numerous organizations including Society of Professional Journalists, Canal Society of New Jersey, 8th AF Historical Society, 44 BG Veterans Association, The Swiss Internee Association, International Liberator Club, Caterpillar Club, life member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Genealogical Society of Osceola Colo., The Clan MacFie Society, and The Nature Conservancy. He was president of the Kissimmee Valley Audubon Society. As an artist, he spent hours drawing and painting in his home studio. He was an ardent birdwatcher and traveled all over the U.S. and Alaska chasing birds. He attended Celebration Church in Blountville. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Warren G. Clark of Stratham, NH. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Ruth B. Clark of Bristol, TN; son, Gordon F. Clark & wife, Priscilla of Bristol, VA; daughter, Mary A. Clark; grandchildren, Lyndsay Sargent and Tyler Clark; and great-grandchildren, Isaac and Bryson Sargent. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Robert Russell officiating. Committal service will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the National Cemetery in Mountain Home, TN. Military honors will be presented by the Bristol VFW Honor Guard. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. prior to the service. Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER, Tues, Feb 3, 2009
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