David Wise Clark, 87, of Pell City, AL, died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, Dec. 28, at Kilgroe Funeral Home in Pell City, AL. Graveside services followed at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Pell City, AL.
Mr. Clark was born on May 24, 1933, to Al and Clemie Rosche. He married Gingie in 1955, and she preceded him in death.
His family moved to Hillsboro when he was two years old. He attended school in the local area and graduated from Hillsboro High School.
Following high school graduation, Mr. Clark attended undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Illinois. In 1959, he was discharged from the Air Force and returned to Hillsboro, where he began work for Hurst Rosche Engineers.He opened a branch office of Hurst Rosche in Kentucky in 1963, and continued working for them until his retirement.
To know “Grandy” was to love him, and to be around him was to feel loved by him. Love was a defining characteristic of his, and he showed his love to his family through his dedicated prayer life and by opening his home to every grandchild, great-grandchild and friend who would come.
Mr. Clark never met a stranger and would happily share Jesus and his many life lessons and wisdom to all. His earthly accomplishments were many, but at the end of life, all that mattered to him was knowing his sins were forgiven and that he has eternal life with his Savior.
His favorite saying captures his heart best, “I love you, Jesus loves you and that’s the way it’s going to be.”
Mr. Clark is survived by his three children, Dorsey (Chris) Ochoa, Paula (Steve) Klein and Ginnie Beth (Paul) Robinson; 17 grandchildren, Gincie (Bill) Upton, Jason (Rachel) Walker, Anna Joy (Jacob) Snuggs, Houston (Virginia) Walker, Rebekah (Jonathan) White, Sarah Jane (Josh) Tolman, Jordan (Philip) Agee, Aaron (Annalise) Walker, Will Walker, Craig Walker, Gabriella Ochoa, Andrew Ochoa, Elizabeth McKinley, David Klein, Julia (Will) Harrell, Sawyer (Sarah Beth) Klein and Jacob Robinson; and 19 great-grandchildren, Breelynne, Polly and Billings Upton, Cohen, Nolan and Finley Walker, Nora, Zeke and Joy Snuggs, Silas and Levi White, Benjamin Tolman, David and Carter Walker, Brewer and David McKinley and Holton and Wells Harrell.
In addition to his wife of 63 years, he was preceded in death by his parents; and granddaughter, Mary Christen Walker.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Campus Outreach, P.O. Box 43737, Birmingham, AL 35243; Young Life Capernaum, P.O. Box 590014, Birmingham, AL 35259; or Lakewood Presbyterial Church, 4970 Stemley Bridge Road, Pell City, AL 35125.
