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Henrietta DesChamps <I>Heriot</I> Clark

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Henrietta DesChamps Heriot Clark

Birth
Lee County, South Carolina, USA
Death
6 Aug 2011 (aged 91)
South Carolina, USA
Burial
Woodrow, Lee County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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She was the widow of Joseph Calvin Clark, Sr. She was the eldest child of Robert LaRoche and CaroLee Green Heriot. Survivors include daughters, Carol Clark (Thomas) Stork of West Columbia and Henrietta Clark (Ronald) Leon of Columbia and sons, Joseph Calvin (Laura) Clark, Sr. of Fort Mill, William McDonald (Eliana) Clark of Boyleston, Mass., and Julian Jackson (Lori) Clark of Chapel Hill, NC. Also surviving are grandchildren, Jessica, Charlotte, Rachel, Liliana, Faith, Calvin, Elisa, Ian, Walter and Carolee and great-grandchildren, Natalie, Charlie, Joey and Josey. She is also survived by sisters, CaroLee Heriot Guilds and Agnes Heriot Montgomery, sisters-in-law, Harriet Heriot and Mary Heriot Goff, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by brothers, Robert LaRoche Heriot and McDonald Green Heriot, and grandson, Thomas Hazlett Stork, Jr.

She attended schools in Pinewood, graduated from Columbia College in 1940 and then taught school in Alcolu and North Charleston. On July 5, 1944, Henrietta married the chemical engineer from USC who had fallen in love with her some years earlier when she was the chaperone as he dated a Columbia College underclasswoman. She moved with him from Charleston to Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia and then back to South Carolina with his career in the paper industry.

Mrs. Clark returned to teaching in Rock Hill at Rosewood Elementary School and was chosen Teacher of the Year of the Rock Hill School District in 1977. She earned a master's degree in Education from Winthrop University. She was active in A.D.K., a teacher's organization, for many years. After retiring from public school teaching, Mrs. Clark volunteered by teaching English as a Second Language and G.E.D. preparation. She was instrumental in the development of the Shepherd's Center in Rock Hill. She and her husband traveled all over the United States and the world in their retirement years together before his death in 1997.

Mrs. Clark was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church in Rock Hill for over 40 years. She taught Sunday school , served on many committees and was Chairperson of the Administrative Board. She moved to Laurel Crest Retirement Center in West Columbia in 2002. In West Columbia, she attended Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church and services at Laurel Crest.
She was the widow of Joseph Calvin Clark, Sr. She was the eldest child of Robert LaRoche and CaroLee Green Heriot. Survivors include daughters, Carol Clark (Thomas) Stork of West Columbia and Henrietta Clark (Ronald) Leon of Columbia and sons, Joseph Calvin (Laura) Clark, Sr. of Fort Mill, William McDonald (Eliana) Clark of Boyleston, Mass., and Julian Jackson (Lori) Clark of Chapel Hill, NC. Also surviving are grandchildren, Jessica, Charlotte, Rachel, Liliana, Faith, Calvin, Elisa, Ian, Walter and Carolee and great-grandchildren, Natalie, Charlie, Joey and Josey. She is also survived by sisters, CaroLee Heriot Guilds and Agnes Heriot Montgomery, sisters-in-law, Harriet Heriot and Mary Heriot Goff, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by brothers, Robert LaRoche Heriot and McDonald Green Heriot, and grandson, Thomas Hazlett Stork, Jr.

She attended schools in Pinewood, graduated from Columbia College in 1940 and then taught school in Alcolu and North Charleston. On July 5, 1944, Henrietta married the chemical engineer from USC who had fallen in love with her some years earlier when she was the chaperone as he dated a Columbia College underclasswoman. She moved with him from Charleston to Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia and then back to South Carolina with his career in the paper industry.

Mrs. Clark returned to teaching in Rock Hill at Rosewood Elementary School and was chosen Teacher of the Year of the Rock Hill School District in 1977. She earned a master's degree in Education from Winthrop University. She was active in A.D.K., a teacher's organization, for many years. After retiring from public school teaching, Mrs. Clark volunteered by teaching English as a Second Language and G.E.D. preparation. She was instrumental in the development of the Shepherd's Center in Rock Hill. She and her husband traveled all over the United States and the world in their retirement years together before his death in 1997.

Mrs. Clark was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church in Rock Hill for over 40 years. She taught Sunday school , served on many committees and was Chairperson of the Administrative Board. She moved to Laurel Crest Retirement Center in West Columbia in 2002. In West Columbia, she attended Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church and services at Laurel Crest.


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