Margie Jane Clark, age 94, of Iberia, died Monday, January 9, 2006, at Lake Regional Hospital. She was born near Brays on January 3, 1912, a daughter of Allen Taylor and Montie Dale (Humphrey) Shelton. On April 30, 1932, she was married to William Henry Clark, who preceded her in death on November 22, 1974.

She was a public school teacher for 36 years teaching in Miller and Pulaski Counties, retiring from Waynesville Public Schools in 1977. She had been a member of Brays Advent Christian Church near Iberia since 1923 and was a member of their Ladies Quilting Circle for many years. She was a member of the Iberia Chapter #537 Order of the Eastern Star for nearly 60 years. She was a member of the KKI Upsilon Conclave Teachers Sorority, the Iberia Community Club, the Pulaski County Retired Teachers Association, the Iberia American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and the Miller County Historical Society. She volunteered for many years at the Iberia Senior Citizens Friendship Hall and at the VA Hospital in Columbia.

Survivors include: two daughters and their husbands, Carolyn and Norman "Bud" DeVore and Roberta Sue and Randy Cole all of Iberia; four grandchildren, Mitchel DeVore of Iberia, Christopher DeVore of Centertown, Donna Underwood of Leeton, and Carrie Fritchey of Iberia; two sisters, Ruby A. Robertson of Tuscumbia and Allene Kinder of Iberia; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Her parents; one brother, Walter O. Shelton; one great-granddaughter, Katelyn DeVore; and an infant sister also preceded her in death.

Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, at Brays Advent Christian Church near Iberia. Rev. Roy Gilkey will officiate. Interment will be in Union Cemetery near Iberia.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday at Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia with an Eastern Star Service at 7:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association or Brays Advent Christian Church.