Clark Ray Whitley

July 24, 1941 - July 14, 2014

On the morning of July 14, 2014, Clark Ray Whitley joined his wife Carolyn in the loving arms of the Lord. Graveside funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Hancock Cemetery with pastor Mike Metheny officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Gonzales Funeral Home of Lamesa, Texas. Family visitation hour will be on Friday, July 18, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Gonzales Funeral Home. Clark was born on July 24, 1941, he was 72 years old. He married Carolyn Ann Wilson on June 9, 1961. Preceding his in death were his parents, Allen Dayton and Dezzie Ezell Whitley; his sister, Hazel Gardenhire; his brothers, J.D. Whitley, Joe Halsey Whitley and Gary Gardenhire. Clark is surviced by his daughters, Trina Whitley, Christy Hollingsworth, Kayla Harrell and Shonda Davis, all of Lamesa, Texas; his sons, Ross Whitley and wife, Peggy of Lamesa, Texas, Clark Whitley, Jr. and wife, Melanie of Forth Worth, Texas, Jimmy Whitley and Eugena Aslin of Arkansas, Robin "Tuffy" Hollingsworth of Lamesa, Texas; his sisters, Elizebeth Mills of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Clara Parsons of Lovington, New Mexico; six grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren.