Badie T. Clark Jr.
November 20, 1937 – May 3, 2012

Badie T. Clark, Jr., 74, of Wilson passed away Thursday.  He was born on November 20, 1937 the son of Dr. Badie Travis Clark and Margaret Smith Clark.  He was also the stepson of Mary Gilliam Clark.

He is survived by his daughter Page Clark Talton and her husband, Phil and step-grandson Jonathan Blake Talton of Wilson; his son, Dr. Badie Travis Clark III and his wife, Julie and granddaughter, Tessa McKinnon Clark of Wilmington; his sister, Margaret Clark McRae of Atlanta; his brother, Edward Porter Clark and his wife, Janet of Honolulu; two nieces, Ashley Clark Smith and husband, Colby of Fort Collins, CO and Paige Clark McRae of Atlanta; one nephew William Porter Clark of Honolulu; two great nieces, Kirsten and Kaylee Smith; two step-sisters, Elizabeth Carr Stallworth and Nancy Carr Korman and her husband, Dan of Wilmington; one step-brother, Joe Carr and his wife, Dian of Greensboro.

Badie attended VMI and graduated from Atlantic Christian College (Barton College).  He was an extremely talented draftsman.  He started his career with Atwood Skinner.  There are many houses in Wilson he designed under his own firm “Custom Residential Designs”.  He was an avid runner logging over 10,000 miles.  Next to his family, he loved his sailboat “The Adagio” that he kept on the Pungo River in Belhaven where he spent many happy days with friends year round. 

Visitation with the family will be 7 – 9 p.m. Friday, May 11th at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 12th in Maplewood Cemetery.    

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be directed to First Presbyterian Church, PO Box 3184, Wilson NC  27895 or Greenfield School, PO Box 3525, Wilson NC  27895.

Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.