Tommy and Marie Clark and young daughter, Marianne, moved to Coleman in 1933 from Ft. Worth.  Tommy Clark, born in Silsbee, and Marie Threlkeld, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, were married in Wichita Falls, in June, 1929.  Their other daughter, Carolyn, a Coleman native was married to M. L. (Leon) Buck (deceased), and her children are daughter, Marsha, and two sons, Tommy Leon, and Rickey (deceased).  Marianne is married to Jere Kirk, and they have three daughters: Debbie, Virginia and Melinda, and one son, Steve, and daughter-in-law Penny, who are parents of son "Caleb."  Home place is Dyersburg, Tennessee.  Both of the Clark's daughters are in the teaching profession.  Clark, and a partner, in 1933, established "Clark Auto Parts" to serve the automotive trade in Coleman and adjoining counties with parts and supplies needed in the businesses.  In 1968, Clark sold that business, which is operated as 100,000 Auto Parts, and retired.

     The Clark's parents were old time Texans, their ancestors of prior Civil War days.  Clark's great-grand-father,
Edward Clark (1815-1880) served as Texas' governor from March 16 to November 7, 1861, when then Gov. Sam Houston refused to go along with Texas secession from the Union.

     Mr. and Mrs. Clark have remained active in church and civic work, he being named an outstanding citizen in 1979 by the Coleman Chamber of Commerce.  He is presently (1983) a Sunday School teacher at the First United Methodist Church, and a long-time member of the Board of Directors of Holiday Hill Care Center, a nursing home and apartments, publicly owned by all the citizens and friends, former and present, of Coleman and Coleman County, the facility being built entirely from public subscriptions and contributed work and materials.

     Mrs. Clark is one of the founders of the Nichols Bible Class, as well as one of the Women's Missionary Societies of Coleman's First United Methodist Church.  She is also an active member of the Overall-Morris Ladies Hospital Auxiliary.