Catherine Ann and George Marshall Clark
Ca. 1890's

The following was written by J.D. Jackson, Baptist Minister. Catherine Clark died 14 May 1911.

"In Memoriam
Catherine Ann Hilterbrand Clark

I was summoned to take part in conducting the funeral service of Mrs. Katy Clark, wife of our dearly beloved Geo. M. Clark. Deceased had been a good and useful member since organization of the Methodist Church of Smith Springs. During nearly a quarter of century I have lived almost in sight of the smoke of the chimney of the family. I have worked in Mr. Clark's fields, have eaten at his table, and slept in his home, and can speak advisedly of the Christian life of the deceased. She was in deed and in truth salt of the earth. And in her death the Church neighborhood, her husband, and her children have met with a loss which cannot be expressed in words.

Their home was a home of charity. It has been an adage in the community that no one ever went to the Clark house for a favor and was turned away. In these graces husband and his wife were equally matched. Their hearts were open doors through which the needy and distressed found entrance and relief. Both have walked the rugged path of life, hand in hand and heart in heart performing God's required duties six days in the week of doing religion. But, alas, the end has come and God has said to Sister Clark, "Come up higher, your work is ended."

I will say to my dear friend Geo. M. Clark, "You carry with you in this saddest hour of your life, the sympathy of the multitudes of friends who mingle their tears with yours as you journey on until God shall call you up to the home of the beloved."

Deceased was 51 years old, was mother of eleven children some of whom preceded her to Celestial regions above. - J.D. Jackson "