William Clarkson III died March 18, 2011 in Covington, Louisiana, his home since 2009, following a move there from Pass Christian, Mississippi where he had lived for the past seven years. He was born in Corsicana, Texas on December 23, 1920, to William Clarkson Jr. and Essie Grant Clarkson. He attended elementary and secondary schools in both Houston and Corsicana, graduating from Corsicana High School in 1937. He then completed his Bachelor of Science (Pre Med) Degree at Texas A&M University in 1941, where he also proudly served in the Aggie Corp of Cadets. After attending the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston for two years, he was called into the naval service during World War II.
Lieutenant SG Clarkson served admirably for over three years in the Pacific Theater during the war, first assigned to the aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay operating in the South Pacific (later sunk in the Philippines) and then commanding a Landing Craft Group as Operations Officer for two years. Vice Admiral, J L Hall, Jr, Commander Amphibious Forces, United Pacific Fleet commended Lt. J G Clarkson: "For excellent service in the line of his profession as Operations Officer and also Engineering Officer on the Staff of the Commander of a Landing Craft Group, during the amphibious assaults and capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, from April until August 1945. Demonstrating outstanding skill, initiative, and resourcefulness as Operations Officer, he organized and directed movements of numerous landing ships under enemy fire. Subsequently, during three typhoons in September and October 1945, as Engineering and Maintenance Officer, he affected vitally needed repairs with exceptional ingenuity despite lack of equipment and parts and adverse sea conditions. By his excellent judgment, tireless efforts and devotion to duty, he contributed materially to the successful completion of these amphibious operations. His conduct gave evidence of his great value to the naval service." This assignment included the Allied invasion of Okinawa, and following the successful mission there, he served as Harbormaster Officer on the East China Sea side of Okinawa until the war ended.
Upon his return from the Pacific, Mr. Clarkson joined his father in the foundry business in Corsicana, working his way up from Shipping Clerk, initially, to ultimately Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Oil City Iron Works, a company founded in 1898 by his grandfather William Clarkson Sr. Oil City received many engineering accolades during Mr. Clarkson's tenure, from the US Army and Navy for specialized weaponry support during the war, as well as several accommodations from national metallurgical steel associations for their work with gray and ductile iron castings for many oilfield and other manufacturing applications. While early on in his college career he intended to be a doctor, Mr. Clarkson distinguished himself as a businessman by successfully carrying on the family business for over forty years.
Mr. Clarkson was actively involved in many professional and social organizations. He was awarded four Life Membership awards from the Texas Association of Business, was a board member of the American Society for Metals, the American Foundry men's Society, and a national committee member of the Cast Metals Federation. He served over forty years in the Texas Manufacturers Association (TMA) as both a member and region chairman. He was active for over thirty five years with the Navarro Community Foundation, serving as Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee before retiring in 2003. Other civic affiliations included the Salvation Army Advisory Board, Garrity Charity Association, Corsicana Rotary Club and the Corsicana Chamber of Commerce. A lifelong Episcopalian, Mr. Clarkson was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana, serving on the vestry for many years and as senior warden. He also served on the Executive Committee, Budget, and Finance Committee of the Diocese of Dallas. Golf, hunting, and fishing were passions that he readily shared with friends and family. He served as both a board member and also President of the Corsicana Country Club and the Port Bay Hunting & Fishing Club in Rockport, Texas, where his father was a founding member in 1912.
Mr. Clarkson was preceded in death by his wife Mary Olsen Clarkson, formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina, his sister Martha Clarkson Spikes of Corsicana, and grandchild William Christian White. He remarried and is survived by Joel Harris Clarkson, formerly of New Orleans, Louisiana and Pass Christian, Mississippi. He is further survived by his three children: William Clarkson IV and his wife Lucile McKee Clarkson, Jonathan Marsh Clarkson and his wife Tanya Ekblad Clarkson, and Caroline Clarkson White. His children produced eleven wonderful grandchildren: William Clarkson V, Susan Clarkson Turner, Jonathan Clarkson II, Andrew Robert Clarkson, Haley Mary Jane Clarkson, John Taylor White Jr., Kathryn Clarkson Mosley, Thomas Simmons White, James Marsh White, Timothy Porcher White and Nicholas Olsen White. He is also survived by 6 great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Corley Funeral Home in Corsicana, Texas. A funeral service will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana at 10:00am on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 with Father Edward Monk officiating. Pallbearers will be the grandsons. A graveside service will follow at Oakwood Cemetary. The family would also like to invite all attendees to a reception immediately following the burial service at St. John's Parish.
The family would like to invite friends and family to make contributions in his honor to St. John's Episcopal Church, 101 North 14th Street, Corsicana, Texas 75110.
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Lieutenant SG Clarkson served admirably for over three years in the Pacific Theater during the war, first assigned to the aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay operating in the South Pacific (later sunk in the Philippines) and then commanding a Landing Craft Group as Operations Officer for two years. Vice Admiral, J L Hall, Jr, Commander Amphibious Forces, United Pacific Fleet commended Lt. J G Clarkson: "For excellent service in the line of his profession as Operations Officer and also Engineering Officer on the Staff of the Commander of a Landing Craft Group, during the amphibious assaults and capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, from April until August 1945. Demonstrating outstanding skill, initiative, and resourcefulness as Operations Officer, he organized and directed movements of numerous landing ships under enemy fire. Subsequently, during three typhoons in September and October 1945, as Engineering and Maintenance Officer, he affected vitally needed repairs with exceptional ingenuity despite lack of equipment and parts and adverse sea conditions. By his excellent judgment, tireless efforts and devotion to duty, he contributed materially to the successful completion of these amphibious operations. His conduct gave evidence of his great value to the naval service." This assignment included the Allied invasion of Okinawa, and following the successful mission there, he served as Harbormaster Officer on the East China Sea side of Okinawa until the war ended.
Upon his return from the Pacific, Mr. Clarkson joined his father in the foundry business in Corsicana, working his way up from Shipping Clerk, initially, to ultimately Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Oil City Iron Works, a company founded in 1898 by his grandfather William Clarkson Sr. Oil City received many engineering accolades during Mr. Clarkson's tenure, from the US Army and Navy for specialized weaponry support during the war, as well as several accommodations from national metallurgical steel associations for their work with gray and ductile iron castings for many oilfield and other manufacturing applications. While early on in his college career he intended to be a doctor, Mr. Clarkson distinguished himself as a businessman by successfully carrying on the family business for over forty years.
Mr. Clarkson was actively involved in many professional and social organizations. He was awarded four Life Membership awards from the Texas Association of Business, was a board member of the American Society for Metals, the American Foundry men's Society, and a national committee member of the Cast Metals Federation. He served over forty years in the Texas Manufacturers Association (TMA) as both a member and region chairman. He was active for over thirty five years with the Navarro Community Foundation, serving as Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee before retiring in 2003. Other civic affiliations included the Salvation Army Advisory Board, Garrity Charity Association, Corsicana Rotary Club and the Corsicana Chamber of Commerce. A lifelong Episcopalian, Mr. Clarkson was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana, serving on the vestry for many years and as senior warden. He also served on the Executive Committee, Budget, and Finance Committee of the Diocese of Dallas. Golf, hunting, and fishing were passions that he readily shared with friends and family. He served as both a board member and also President of the Corsicana Country Club and the Port Bay Hunting & Fishing Club in Rockport, Texas, where his father was a founding member in 1912.
Mr. Clarkson was preceded in death by his wife Mary Olsen Clarkson, formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina, his sister Martha Clarkson Spikes of Corsicana, and grandchild William Christian White. He remarried and is survived by Joel Harris Clarkson, formerly of New Orleans, Louisiana and Pass Christian, Mississippi. He is further survived by his three children: William Clarkson IV and his wife Lucile McKee Clarkson, Jonathan Marsh Clarkson and his wife Tanya Ekblad Clarkson, and Caroline Clarkson White. His children produced eleven wonderful grandchildren: William Clarkson V, Susan Clarkson Turner, Jonathan Clarkson II, Andrew Robert Clarkson, Haley Mary Jane Clarkson, John Taylor White Jr., Kathryn Clarkson Mosley, Thomas Simmons White, James Marsh White, Timothy Porcher White and Nicholas Olsen White. He is also survived by 6 great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Corley Funeral Home in Corsicana, Texas. A funeral service will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana at 10:00am on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 with Father Edward Monk officiating. Pallbearers will be the grandsons. A graveside service will follow at Oakwood Cemetary. The family would also like to invite all attendees to a reception immediately following the burial service at St. John's Parish.
The family would like to invite friends and family to make contributions in his honor to St. John's Episcopal Church, 101 North 14th Street, Corsicana, Texas 75110.
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William Clarkson III died March 18, 2011 in Covington, Louisiana, his home since 2009, following a move there from Pass Christian, Mississippi where he had lived for the past seven years. He was born in Corsicana, Texas on December 23, 1920, to William Clarkson Jr. and Essie Grant Clarkson. He attended elementary and secondary schools in both Houston and Corsicana, graduating from Corsicana High School in 1937. He then completed his Bachelor of Science (Pre Med) Degree at Texas A&M University in 1941, where he also proudly served in the Aggie Corp of Cadets. After attending the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston for two years, he was called into the naval service during World War II.
Lieutenant SG Clarkson served admirably for over three years in the Pacific Theater during the war, first assigned to the aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay operating in the South Pacific (later sunk in the Philippines) and then commanding a Landing Craft Group as Operations Officer for two years. Vice Admiral, J L Hall, Jr, Commander Amphibious Forces, United Pacific Fleet commended Lt. J G Clarkson: "For excellent service in the line of his profession as Operations Officer and also Engineering Officer on the Staff of the Commander of a Landing Craft Group, during the amphibious assaults and capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, from April until August 1945. Demonstrating outstanding skill, initiative, and resourcefulness as Operations Officer, he organized and directed movements of numerous landing ships under enemy fire. Subsequently, during three typhoons in September and October 1945, as Engineering and Maintenance Officer, he affected vitally needed repairs with exceptional ingenuity despite lack of equipment and parts and adverse sea conditions. By his excellent judgment, tireless efforts and devotion to duty, he contributed materially to the successful completion of these amphibious operations. His conduct gave evidence of his great value to the naval service." This assignment included the Allied invasion of Okinawa, and following the successful mission there, he served as Harbormaster Officer on the East China Sea side of Okinawa until the war ended.
Upon his return from the Pacific, Mr. Clarkson joined his father in the foundry business in Corsicana, working his way up from Shipping Clerk, initially, to ultimately Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Oil City Iron Works, a company founded in 1898 by his grandfather William Clarkson Sr. Oil City received many engineering accolades during Mr. Clarkson's tenure, from the US Army and Navy for specialized weaponry support during the war, as well as several accommodations from national metallurgical steel associations for their work with gray and ductile iron castings for many oilfield and other manufacturing applications. While early on in his college career he intended to be a doctor, Mr. Clarkson distinguished himself as a businessman by successfully carrying on the family business for over forty years.
Mr. Clarkson was actively involved in many professional and social organizations. He was awarded four Life Membership awards from the Texas Association of Business, was a board member of the American Society for Metals, the American Foundry men's Society, and a national committee member of the Cast Metals Federation. He served over forty years in the Texas Manufacturers Association (TMA) as both a member and region chairman. He was active for over thirty five years with the Navarro Community Foundation, serving as Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee before retiring in 2003. Other civic affiliations included the Salvation Army Advisory Board, Garrity Charity Association, Corsicana Rotary Club and the Corsicana Chamber of Commerce. A lifelong Episcopalian, Mr. Clarkson was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana, serving on the vestry for many years and as senior warden. He also served on the Executive Committee, Budget, and Finance Committee of the Diocese of Dallas. Golf, hunting, and fishing were passions that he readily shared with friends and family. He served as both a board member and also President of the Corsicana Country Club and the Port Bay Hunting & Fishing Club in Rockport, Texas, where his father was a founding member in 1912.
Mr. Clarkson was preceded in death by his wife Mary Olsen Clarkson, formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina, his sister Martha Clarkson Spikes of Corsicana, and grandchild William Christian White. He remarried and is survived by Joel Harris Clarkson, formerly of New Orleans, Louisiana and Pass Christian, Mississippi. He is further survived by his three children: William Clarkson IV and his wife Lucile McKee Clarkson, Jonathan Marsh Clarkson and his wife Tanya Ekblad Clarkson, and Caroline Clarkson White. His children produced eleven wonderful grandchildren: William Clarkson V, Susan Clarkson Turner, Jonathan Clarkson II, Andrew Robert Clarkson, Haley Mary Jane Clarkson, John Taylor White Jr., Kathryn Clarkson Mosley, Thomas Simmons White, James Marsh White, Timothy Porcher White and Nicholas Olsen White. He is also survived by 6 great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Corley Funeral Home in Corsicana, Texas. A funeral service will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana at 10:00am on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 with Father Edward Monk officiating. Pallbearers will be the grandsons. A graveside service will follow at Oakwood Cemetary. The family would also like to invite all attendees to a reception immediately following the burial service at St. John's Parish.
The family would like to invite friends and family to make contributions in his honor to St. John's Episcopal Church, 101 North 14th Street, Corsicana, Texas 75110.
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Lieutenant SG Clarkson served admirably for over three years in the Pacific Theater during the war, first assigned to the aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay operating in the South Pacific (later sunk in the Philippines) and then commanding a Landing Craft Group as Operations Officer for two years. Vice Admiral, J L Hall, Jr, Commander Amphibious Forces, United Pacific Fleet commended Lt. J G Clarkson: "For excellent service in the line of his profession as Operations Officer and also Engineering Officer on the Staff of the Commander of a Landing Craft Group, during the amphibious assaults and capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, from April until August 1945. Demonstrating outstanding skill, initiative, and resourcefulness as Operations Officer, he organized and directed movements of numerous landing ships under enemy fire. Subsequently, during three typhoons in September and October 1945, as Engineering and Maintenance Officer, he affected vitally needed repairs with exceptional ingenuity despite lack of equipment and parts and adverse sea conditions. By his excellent judgment, tireless efforts and devotion to duty, he contributed materially to the successful completion of these amphibious operations. His conduct gave evidence of his great value to the naval service." This assignment included the Allied invasion of Okinawa, and following the successful mission there, he served as Harbormaster Officer on the East China Sea side of Okinawa until the war ended.
Upon his return from the Pacific, Mr. Clarkson joined his father in the foundry business in Corsicana, working his way up from Shipping Clerk, initially, to ultimately Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Oil City Iron Works, a company founded in 1898 by his grandfather William Clarkson Sr. Oil City received many engineering accolades during Mr. Clarkson's tenure, from the US Army and Navy for specialized weaponry support during the war, as well as several accommodations from national metallurgical steel associations for their work with gray and ductile iron castings for many oilfield and other manufacturing applications. While early on in his college career he intended to be a doctor, Mr. Clarkson distinguished himself as a businessman by successfully carrying on the family business for over forty years.
Mr. Clarkson was actively involved in many professional and social organizations. He was awarded four Life Membership awards from the Texas Association of Business, was a board member of the American Society for Metals, the American Foundry men's Society, and a national committee member of the Cast Metals Federation. He served over forty years in the Texas Manufacturers Association (TMA) as both a member and region chairman. He was active for over thirty five years with the Navarro Community Foundation, serving as Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee before retiring in 2003. Other civic affiliations included the Salvation Army Advisory Board, Garrity Charity Association, Corsicana Rotary Club and the Corsicana Chamber of Commerce. A lifelong Episcopalian, Mr. Clarkson was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana, serving on the vestry for many years and as senior warden. He also served on the Executive Committee, Budget, and Finance Committee of the Diocese of Dallas. Golf, hunting, and fishing were passions that he readily shared with friends and family. He served as both a board member and also President of the Corsicana Country Club and the Port Bay Hunting & Fishing Club in Rockport, Texas, where his father was a founding member in 1912.
Mr. Clarkson was preceded in death by his wife Mary Olsen Clarkson, formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina, his sister Martha Clarkson Spikes of Corsicana, and grandchild William Christian White. He remarried and is survived by Joel Harris Clarkson, formerly of New Orleans, Louisiana and Pass Christian, Mississippi. He is further survived by his three children: William Clarkson IV and his wife Lucile McKee Clarkson, Jonathan Marsh Clarkson and his wife Tanya Ekblad Clarkson, and Caroline Clarkson White. His children produced eleven wonderful grandchildren: William Clarkson V, Susan Clarkson Turner, Jonathan Clarkson II, Andrew Robert Clarkson, Haley Mary Jane Clarkson, John Taylor White Jr., Kathryn Clarkson Mosley, Thomas Simmons White, James Marsh White, Timothy Porcher White and Nicholas Olsen White. He is also survived by 6 great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Corley Funeral Home in Corsicana, Texas. A funeral service will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Corsicana at 10:00am on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 with Father Edward Monk officiating. Pallbearers will be the grandsons. A graveside service will follow at Oakwood Cemetary. The family would also like to invite all attendees to a reception immediately following the burial service at St. John's Parish.
The family would like to invite friends and family to make contributions in his honor to St. John's Episcopal Church, 101 North 14th Street, Corsicana, Texas 75110.
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