Emma Lou Peel Clarke

EMMA LOU PEEL CLARKE, 89, died Nov. 6, 2013. She was the daughter of Oscar Allen Peel and Ruth Blair Peel. Born on Dec. 14, 1923 in the Blackfork community in Faulkner County, she was the middle sister in a family of seven girls (Odell, Orene, Hetty, Emma, Bonnie, Patty, Carolyn). She graduated from Greenbrier High School in 1943. She was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone and retired in 1979 after 27 years of service. Emma married Jack Charles Clarke on Aug. 5, 1949. They celebrated their 64th anniversary on Aug. 5, 2013. She was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church, a life member of the Telephone Pioneers, a life member of the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary, and a past president of the Silver Charter chapter of the ABWA. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Odell, Orene, and Patty. She is survived by her husband, Jack Charles Clarke and three sons, David Wade, wife Becky; Anthony Clarke (Tony), wife Lisa; and Jack Clarke Jr. (Jackie), wife Sheri. She was "Meme" to her seven grandchildren Mary (husband Kaavin Scaccia), Heather, Sarah, Jack III, Camryn, Colin, Derek). She also had two great-grandchildren (Sophie, Bella). Memorials may be made to the Park Hill Baptist Church, 201 "C" Street, North Little Rock, Ark. 72116 or The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary, P.O. Box 186, North Little Rock, Ark. 72115. Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at North Little Rock Funeral Home, a Smith Family Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. before the service. Her ashes will be interred at Antioch Cemetery in Greenbrier at a later date. Online obituary at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.