Class of 1949
1949 Maroon Spotlight
Jimmy Clark
Home Room President ’44-’48; Senior Class President ’48-’49; Junior Play ’47-’48; Annual Follies ’44-’45; F. F. A. Treasurer ’46-’47; F. F. A. Vice-President ’47-’48; F. F. A. Reporter ’48-’49; Wrestling ’44-’49; Cheer Leader ’48-’49; Senior Assembly ’48-’49; Perryscope Staff ’48-’49; Annual King Candidate ’47-’48; Baseball ’47-’49.
1949 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Jimmy Clark is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clark, Perry route one. Jimmy was born in Perry and will observe his 18th birth anniversary the day after he receives his last Perry high school grade card. Jimmy is active in FFA and states that agriculture is his favorite subject.
Jimmy has had the honor of serving as president of the senior class. He has participated in wrestling four years and reports his hobby is hunting. Jimmy was in junior and senior class plays. He plans to further his education at Hill’s Business college in Oklahoma City. Jimmy has held several offices in FFA.
James Wesley Clark
May 29, 1931 – June 29, 2012
James Wesley “Big Jim” Clark, 81, of Perryton, Texas, died Friday, June 29, 2012.
Born May 29, 1931, in Perry, Okla., he was the son of Zelma and Harold Clark. He attended the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., and then served in the Korean War from 1952 to 1953. Jim and his cousin, Homer Clark, started Clark Dirt Contracting in Perryton in 1953. He married Betty Jo Mackey in 1959, and they moved to Perryton.
Jim was involved with Perryton Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce, Masons, Shriners, Perryton Activity Center, American Legion, Elks Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Perryton Club and Interstate Bank, and he was an Ochiltree County commissioner.
He was preceded in death by his wife; a daughter, Tami Clark Goodson; and a son, Mark James Clark.
Survivors include a daughter, Cindy Adair and husband Carter; a granddaughter, Wesley Goodson; and a family friend, Scott Allen.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church in Perryton with the Rev. Mark Metzger officiating. The family suggests memorials be to Perryton Activity Center.