Zunita Wakefield Clark
April 13, 1924 ~ October 3, 2017
Resided in:
Asheville, North Carolina
Zunita Wakefield Clark, born April 13, 1924 and died on October 3, 2017, daughter of the late William Hoyt Wakefield and Zuna Houston Wakefield was born in Lewsiburg, TN. She was preceded in death by one brother-John Houston Wakefield.
The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she grew up living in Oklahoma and Tennessee while finishing high school in TN. She finished college at Montreat (two year school then) and Flora MacDonald College in 1946 with a degree in Public School Music.
She married Joseph M. Clark, Sr. on Nov. 8, 1948 in Asheville whom she was married to for over 63 years before his passing in 2012. Along with being a homemaker for many years while raising her two children, she was an assistant church organist and choir director at West Asheville Presbyterian in Asheville. In 1962, the family moved to Charlotte and later she became a stringed instrument teacher in the Charlotte school system for 16 years.
In 1996 after living in Charlotte for 34 years, she and her husband returned to Asheville where she was active in the New Hope Presbyterian Church and was a substitute pianist. She was both an accomplished pianist and violinist.
She is survived by her two children, Susan Clark Fullerton (husband Wayne) of Woodstock, GA, Joseph Murry Clark, Jr (wife Terri) of Woodstock, GA along with four grandsons, Ben Sprinkle (wife Jenna) of Rocklin, CA and Kent Sprinkle (wife Hilary) of San Diego, CA, Trey Clark of Atlanta, GA and Taylor Clark of Woodstock, GA. She also has four great granddaughters who all reside in CA.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 1:30 pm at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road in Arden.
Memorials can be sent to: Montreat College P.O. Box 1267 Montreat, NC 28757 or to a charity of one’s choice.
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Dear Sweet Miss Zunita was one of the sweetest ladies I ever met. A real treat to be around. Loved to share wonderful stories about her lovely family. In the first 3 minutes of meeting Zunita, you knew you made a good friend !!! She always gave you a hug when you first greeted her, and another one when you left. She loved ice cream. She will be missed.
My mother, Floy Dillingham Maney, was a teenager at the same time the Wakefields were at Dillingham Presbyterian Church in the Big Ivy Community of Northern Buncombe County. She remembers Zunita and her family fondly as they ministered in this small community. My maternal grandmother, Lora Ellen Dillingham, taught Sunday School in the Church for over 57 years. Our condolences to her family. May God grant you peace in knowing she is reunited with her wonderful parents and brother for all eternity.