Mrs. Carolyn Huntington Jordan Clark, born December 1, 1922 in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, daughter of Mr. Clyde Raymond Jordan and his beloved wife, Belva Chamberlain Huntington Jordan, died in Lumberton, North Carolina on December 15, 2011. Carolyn was the youngest of four children. Her siblings were Josephine Dorsett Jordan Grantham, Clyde Raymond Jordan, Jr., and Marion Katherine Jordan Clark. She attended Elizabethtown High School and the Woman??s College of the University of North Carolina, graduating with a degree in Business Administration.

She married Dr. Douglas Hendon Clark, Sr. in 1947. They had four children: Dr. Douglas Hendon Clark, Jr. of Lumberton, Eugene Spencer Clark II of Raleigh, Clyde Jordan Clark of Atlanta, and Mary Jo Clark of Davidson. Dr. Clark, Sr. died in 1999. Carolyn was also pre-deceased by her siblings.

Carolyn served the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as District Chairman of the Katherine Reynolds Scholarship Committee and was elected as a member of the Alumni Board of Trustees. She served as Board Member of the Cape Fear Museum. She served the N.C. Museum of History Associates as Secretary for six years and as Co-Chairman of Membership. In First Presbyterian Church of Lumberton, she served as Elder, as Moderator of Presbyterian Women, and as Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. in 1984. She was awarded a Life Membership in Presbyterian Women. She also served for many years as a volunteer for Southeastern Hospice.

Carolyn enchanted her children by her animated reading of the classics to them as bedtime stories. She taught them to sail and ski at her beloved White Lake. She was a trusted friend and confidant. She welcomed family, friends, and strangers into her home and heart and served them delicious meals and offered a listening ear and words of encouragement for the challenges in their lives. She visited the elderly, the sick, and the lonely and brought them baked goods from her kitchen, the fruits of the season, and camellias and lilies from Dr. Clark??s garden.

She was a physically and spiritually beautiful woman who brought elegance and grace into every day. She loved to read and to watch the changing light on the water at White Lake. She steadfastly supported Dr. Clark in his efforts to extend the ministry of the church, provide excellent medical care, and encourage the growth of the arts in Lumberton.

Survivors include her children, her daughter-in-law Patricia Phillips Clark; son-in-law William Hill Brown; nine grandchildren, Carolyn Jordan Clark II and husband Alan Rasmussen of Harrisburg, NC, Margaret Johanna Clark of Boone, NC, Douglas Jordan Clark of Charleston, SC, Anna Dorsett Clark Davis and husband, Preston Andrew Davis of Bessemer City, NC, Amanda Graham Clark Mudd and husband, Joshua Matthew Mudd of Smyrna, GA, Suzanna Davidson Clark of Atlanta, GA, Douglas Huntington Brown Clark and his wife, Kara Louise Ruth Clark of Nashville, TN, Aubrey Spencer Clark-Brown of Haverford, PA, and Jordan Hill Clark-Brown of Davidson, NC. Carolyn was also delighted to welcome into the world her first great-grandchild, Jordan Michael Mudd. She treasured and is also survived by her niece, Beverly Clark Alexander and her nephew, William Byrd Kay.

A time of visitation will be from 3:00-5:00PM on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., 809 East 5th Street, Lumberton.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church, 1002 N. Chestnut Street, Lumberton. Burial will follow at the Clarkton Cemetery, Hwy. 701 Business, Clarkton, NC.

If you wish, memorials may be made to Southeastern Hospice, 2002 N. Cedar Street, Lumberton, NC 28358.