He was born July 28, 1928, in Providence, AR., to the late Willie and Mary Cox Sterling.
Clarence served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict, he was a 32 degree Mason and active in the Bald Knob and Little Rock Masonic Lodge; as well as a member of the Friendship Baptist Church.
He is survived by his daughters, Diane Newell of Searcy and Sharron Lee Sterling and her husband, David of McRae; grandchildren, Angie Huskey of Searcy and Jack Huskey and his wife Ellen of Lemasa, Texas; great-grand-daughter, Ashley Sterling; three brothers, Everett Sterling of Searcy, Harold Sterling of Royal City, Indiana and Steve Sterling of Searcy; three sisters, Pauline Watkins, Alda Hastings and Kaunita Ellison all of Judsonia.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Anna Watkins Sterling; 5 sisters and 1 brother.
Services were conducted at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel in Bald Knob. Interment was in White County Memorial Gardens. Arrangements were by Powell Funeral Home Bald Knob-Judsonia.
He was born July 28, 1928, in Providence, AR., to the late Willie and Mary Cox Sterling.
Clarence served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict, he was a 32 degree Mason and active in the Bald Knob and Little Rock Masonic Lodge; as well as a member of the Friendship Baptist Church.
He is survived by his daughters, Diane Newell of Searcy and Sharron Lee Sterling and her husband, David of McRae; grandchildren, Angie Huskey of Searcy and Jack Huskey and his wife Ellen of Lemasa, Texas; great-grand-daughter, Ashley Sterling; three brothers, Everett Sterling of Searcy, Harold Sterling of Royal City, Indiana and Steve Sterling of Searcy; three sisters, Pauline Watkins, Alda Hastings and Kaunita Ellison all of Judsonia.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Anna Watkins Sterling; 5 sisters and 1 brother.
Services were conducted at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel in Bald Knob. Interment was in White County Memorial Gardens. Arrangements were by Powell Funeral Home Bald Knob-Judsonia.
Family Members
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William Eugene Sterling
1914–1988
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Mary Estell Sterling Landis
1918–1964
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Clara Mae Sterling Watkins
1919–1987
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Eva Pauline Sterling Watkins
1921–2012
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Evelyn Sterling Roberts
1923–1999
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Sophia Louise Sterling Cranford
1925–2002
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Willie Evert Sterling
1927–2012
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James Harold "Grandpa" Sterling
1933–2014
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Steve Thurman Sterling Sr
1935–2018
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Alpha Lorane Sterling
1940–1941
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