The Clark family announces that their loving mother, Myrtle Lewis Clark, 93, passed peacefully and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Easter morning, April 20, 2025.

She was born in Hayes, Virginia, to Margaret and Lee Lewis, and graduated from Achilles High School. She worked as a secretary at the high school for a year before getting married and as a waitress at the Harbor House in Deltaville for a few years. After the children got older, she became the assistant manager of the Little Sue in Deltaville where many got to know her sweet and quiet ways. Her faith was easily seen. She was always ready to listen whenever we needed to talk. She lived by the Golden Rule, and we all felt truly Blessed to have her as a Mom, a Grandmother, a Sister, and a friend. She was so special, and she will be truly missed.

Mrs. Clark was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Clark, and her daughter, Melody Faith Walden; her sisters, Ethel Mae (White) Hudson and Ida Jane Musick.

Myrtle is survived by her children, Virginia Clark (Anne) of Chesterfield, Edward Clark (Joann) of Deltaville, Wanda Smith (Dennis) of Amelia, Keith Clark of North Carolina, Sylvia Davis of Hartfield, and Cheryl Pierce (Carl) of West Point; her sister, Rose L. Leatherwood of Newport News; 17 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Louis Clark, Lance Clark, Lee Clark, C.J. Clark, Ray Harrell, Zach Davis and Stephen Davis.

A funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Bristow- Faulkner Funeral Home, Saluda, Va. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the time of service. Interment will follow at Philippi Memorial Gardens, Deltaville.

Faulkner Funeral Homes, Bristow-Faulkner Chapel, Saluda, is assisting the family.