FREDDIE “PATSY” BELL CLARK

Funeral services for Freddie “Patsy” Bell Clark will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 3, 2023 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with Bro. Russell Bryan officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairmount Cemetery. She passed from this life on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at Houston Methodist Hospital in Baytown.

Patsy was born on March 19, 1942 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Freddie Eugene and Ida Bell (Johnson) Norton. The family moved to Vidor, Texas when she was three months old. There she started the first grade, finishing at Vidor High School in 1960. In 1957, she received her Cosmetology License and worked as a Beautician for 53 years.

She moved to Hemphill in 1986, where she met and married Thomas H. "Tommy" Clark on April 4, 1987. She owned and operated Patsy's Beauty Shop in the Six Mile area and was a member of Camp Springs Baptist Church. She had served as church clerk for East Mayfield Baptist Church from 2007-2013 and was an Endowed member of The Order of the Eastern Star in Hemphill #375 where she served as Worthy Matron 1995-1996. She also served as Worthy Matron in Bronson #337 1999-2000. She was a life member of the Auxiliary to the Veteran of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 1051 and secretary of the Fairmount Cemetery Association.

Patsy was preceded in death by her husband of 35 years, Tommy Clark; mother, Ida Bell (Johnson) Norton and father, Freddie Eugene Norton; brother, Doyle Eugene Norton; sisters, Shirley McLain and Cecile Webb; nephew, David Norton; grandson, Jason Williams; and grand-daughter, Ashley Nicole Ener.

Patsy leaves to cherish her memory, her three sons, Wilton Steele Netterville, Jr. and wife, Johanna, of Vidor, Rebel Wayne Netterville and wife, Lisa, of Anahuac and Harold Clark and wife, Debi, of St. Cloud, FL; one daughter, Tammy Ener and husband, Nathan, of Hemphill; seven grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; brother, Robert Lewis Norton and wife, Linda, of Broaddus; sister-in-law, Carolyn Clark of Port Arthur; and brother-in-law, Glen Dale Cark of Childster, AR. Patsy also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Patsy's name to Camp Springs Baptist Church, P. O. Box 787, Hemphill, Texas 75948.

Memories and condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.