Our Lord and Savior called a special angel to heaven on Thursday, March 27, 2008. Norma Jo Clark was born in Coleman, Texas on January 20, 1936, to Floyd and Ila Gafford.
A Celebration Service will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, followed by a graveside service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery located at Hwy 87 South in Orange, Texas.
The family will be receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 31st at the funeral home.
Norma accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age.
Norma graduated from New Braunfels High School and Durham School of Business in San Antonio. She has worked for the past 30 years for the Stark Foundation as Administrative Assistant to General Counsel for the first 20 years and spent the past 10 years as Administrator of Real Estate Oil and Gas Leases.
She is preceded in death by her precious daughter Devi Jo Duncan and her father Floyd Gafford.
She is survived by her husband of nearly 52 years, Lee Clark; son, Scott Clark and wife Joline; and 7 grandchildren, Chris Clark, Justyn Kuykendall, Jason Duncan, Taylor Duncan, Chloe Clark, Sydne Clark, Bailee Clark, all of whom she loved and treated as her own sons and daughters. Norma is also survived by her mother, Ila Gafford of New Braunfels; three sisters, Martha Haas of New Braunfels, Faye Levesseur and husband Claude of Palacios, Ida Pittman and husband Gary of Kingsbury, and one brother, Warren Gafford and wife Lillian of Pearland; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers will be Randy Pittman, David Gafford, Dennis Gafford, Chris Clark, Justyn Kuykendall, Jason Duncan and Taylor Duncan.