THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, June 25, 1996 TAG: 9606250218
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 39 lines
Dr. Lonnie O. Clark Jr. DDS., 78, of the 3800 block of Holly Dune Lane, died June 23, 1996, in a Virginia Beach hospital.
Dr. Clark was born in Zebulon, N.C. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach. Dr. Clark served in the United States Navy Dental Corps during World War II and established his dental practice here in Virginia Beach in 1946. Dr. Clark attended The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., and was a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, School of Dentistry, Class of 1943.
Dr. Clark was a member and past president and treasurer of the Tidewater Dental Association; past president of the Virginia Dental Association from 1980 to 1981 and a member of the American Dental Association; charter member and first president of the Virginia Beach Dental Society; member of the Southeastern Academy of Prosthodontics and the Federation of Prosthodontics, Pierre Fouchard Academy; a fellow of International College of Dentists and a fellow of the American College of Dentists.
In 1992, Dr. Clark received the Richard F. Simmons Memorial Award from the Tidewater Dental Association. He was a charter member of the Virginia Beach Jaycees, past president, secretary and treasurer of the Virginia Beach Rotary Club, a member of the Princess Anne Country Club, the Phi Gamma Delta and the Dental Fraternity Delta Sigma Delta.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn M. Clark; three sons, L.O. Clark III and his wife, Marianne, Michael L. Clark and his wife, Judy, and Steven T. Clark and his wife, Patti, all of Virginia Beach; and seven grandchildren.
The family will receive friends this evening from 7 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. A church service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach by the Rev. Georgianna B. Johnson. Burial will be at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery, Virginia Beach. Memorial donations may be made to Virginia Beach Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 945, Virginia Beach, Va. 23451, or to First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach, 36th and Pacific Ave., Virginia Beach, Va. 23451, or a charity of one's choice. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, is handling arrangements.
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