Vena Faye Morris Clark

A native of Transylvania County, Mrs. Clark was a daughter of the late Arthur C. and Luegene Lavender Morris. She was also preceded in death by an infant sister, Mildred Jean Morris.

Mrs. Clark retired in 1998 as a secretary from the state of NC DOT and had served as a faculty secretary with Montreat Anderson Jr. College. She was also a volunteer with the Eblen Foundation. Mrs. Clark was active in Life after Cancer as she belonged to ''The Good Company Support Group''.

Mrs. Clark was a member of Arden First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, James ''Jim'' Willard Clark; a daughter, Donna Coggins and her husband, Jeffrey of Fletcher; a son, Doug Clark and his wife, Jane of Arden; one brother, Jimmy Morris of Marion and three grandchildren, Robert Clark, Rebecca Clark and Mackenzie Coggins.

A funeral service will be conducted Sunday at 4:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Old Fort with Reverend Stephen Summers officiating. Interment will be in the WNC State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain on Monday, May 20th at 10:00 AM.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 7:00 - 8:30 PM at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road. The family will also receive friends thirty minutes before the service on Sunday at the church.

Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or Arden First Baptist Church Building Fund, 3839 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, NC 28704.