Robert M. (1938)
Betty (1940)
William N. (1942-1975)
Millard was born in Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas to Luther Sherman Clark and Aurora Casline Corbet. His middle name was the name of the doctor who delivered him. His family remained in Black Rock.
Myrtle was born in or near Poughkeepsie, Sharp County, Arkansas to Claude V. Norris and Lillie Gertrude Kelley, and named for her father’s younger sister. The 1920 census showed the family in Poughkeepsie. Among their neighbors were Claude’s grandmother Martha “Tennessee” McFarlin Norris Sanders. Claude later moved the family to Imboden, and in the 1930s to Black Rock.
Millard and Myrtle married on 12 Apr 1937 in Poinsett, Randolph County, Arkansas.
The 1940 census showed them living in Black Rock with children Bobby M. (2) and Betty (0), and listed Millard as a carpenter and private contractor. The familysearch.org transcription turns “Millard” into “William”.
Millard served in the US Navy during World War II, although he remained stateside. He founded and ran a construction company after the war. In 1948, the family moved from Black Rock to the larger town of Walnut Ridge, to a house that Millard had built.
Millard died in 1967. He is buried in Lawrence Memorial Cemetery, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, along with several relatives including son Bill.
Myrtle died in 2010. She is buried with Millard. From her obituary:
“Myrtle was a graduate of Sloan-Hendrix Academy in Imboden where she was an all-state basketball player and team captain. She was also a graduate of Draughon School of Business in Memphis. She was a math teacher at Walnut Ridge and a Sunday school teacher for many years. She was a past president of Business and Professional Women in Walnut Ridge and of the Order of the Eastern Star in Black Rock. She was an avid dancer who performed at the White House with the Peabody Senior Citizen’s Chorale and Drama group. In 1981 she was Mrs. Mid-South Fair Senior American.”
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ3-GR5 -- 1920 census, Clark
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDF2-T7D -- 1920 census, Norris
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLF-3W6 -- 1930 census, Clark
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLF-ZBK -- 1930 census, Norris
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N99H-6MQ -- 1937 wedding
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQK7-GY2 -- 1940 census
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74364086/millard-morris-clark -- Millard & Myrtle
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74364059/william-norris-clark -- Bill