Katherine Clark

Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Terry Clark, age 93, of Cookeville, TN will be held Monday, November 25, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Donaldson Cemetery in Clay County on her family farm. Buddy Johnson, minister of the Jefferson Avenue Church of Christ, will officiate. Mrs. Clark died peacefully at home on Thursday, November 21, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. The family will receive friends on Sunday, November 24, 2019 from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. and on Monday from 9 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Clark was born Wednesday, January 13, 1926 to the late Jewell W. and Agnes Donaldson Terry. She grew up in Celina, TN with her sister, the late Aenona Terry Harper. She married Alfred Cornell (A.C.) Clark on March 18, 1948 in Cookeville, TN and was preceded by him in death. They were married for sixty-eight years. She was a lifelong member of the church of Christ and an active member of the Jefferson Avenue Church of Christ for over 50 years. Mrs. Clark graduated from Celina High School in Clay County Tennessee. She received her B.S. Degree from Tennessee Technological University in 1948 where she was an honor graduate. She served as the first woman president of the Math club, was a member of Kappa Mu Epsilon, Pi Kappa Delta, listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and was elected Miss Tech. She began her career in education teaching at Celina High School in Clay County, later in Pickett County, and at Upperman High School in Putnam County. She was a member of the Putnam County Education Association, Tennessee Education Association, and served as a delegate at the National Teachers Association. She was especially fond of her students and was pleased to see them in later years and hear of their accomplishments. After her retirement from teaching, she served as executive assistant to the Tennessee Rehabilitation Corporation for more than ten years. In the Cookeville Community, she was a member of the Farm Bureau Women's Committee and was a member of the Family and Community Education Club for over 50 years. She served as a member and an officer in Delta Kappa Gamma and the Retired Teachers Association. She was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a member of the Board of Directors at the Cookeville Senior Center and a volunteer for the Putnam County Fair, the Cookeville History Museum and the Tennessee Rehabilitation Center. She was known for her love of quilting and was honored in 2016 by the Cookeville Crazy Quilters with an exhibition of the quilts she made throughout her life. She enjoyed working on the family farm, especially gardening and food preservation. She was cherished as a loving and self-sacrificing mother by her family. Her survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra Shepherd and Ken Shepherd of Cookeville, Patricia Taylor of Silver Point; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jim Clark of Wilson, N.C. and Eddie and Sarah Clark of Cookeville. She was a beloved grandmother to her five grandchildren: Kent (Christy) Shepherd, Dr. Garrett (Joriel) Shepherd, Katherine (Doug) Martin, Lauren Taylor Clark, and Bradley Palmer Clark and her six great grandchildren: Blake Richmond Shepherd, Jared Bennett Shepherd, Maya Janae Shepherd, Tanner Douglas Shepherd, Ellie Ruth Shepherd, and Archer Clark Shepherd and she was especially fond of all her nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, husband and sister, she was preceded in death by her son-in-law, John C. Taylor. She had many lifelong friends including Nell Hackett and "the Six", Jo Ruth Carr, Claude Ann Burton, Doris Hawkins, Mary Dyer, and Gene Evelyn Warren. Honorary pall bearers will be Scott McCanless, Davis Watts, Jim Bell, Roy Tudor, Bert Merritt, Dakota & Montana Palmer. Active pall bearers will include her grandsons, Kent and Garrett Shepherd, Brad Clark, great-grandsons, Blake and Jared Shepherd and also Bruce Palmer, Mark Oakley and Kenny Kirt. The family would especially like to thank her devoted caregivers: Donna White, Mary Gore, Christy Sims, and Maxine Garrett. Memorials may be made to: Donaldson Family Cemetery, P.O. Box 65, Buffalo Valley, TN 38548 or Happy Haven Childrens Home; 2311 Wakefield Dr., Cookeville, TN 38501. Hooper Huddleston & Horner is in charge of arrangements. (931)526-6111 You may share thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com.