Junior Clark (1931-2009) - Our only "permanent" dobro player at the Smyth County Jam, Junior is a valued musician where ever he plays. Not only does he play an exceptional dobro, he also makes them. He has been making dobros for about fourteen years. Junior says he has been playing for thirty years. He makes his home in Marion, VA. Although he is retired from B&T Concrete he some times works a little there to help them out. The Clarks have seven children.
In Memorandum
COLONEL "C.B." CLARK JR. (Nov. 4, 1931 - May 24, 2009), age 77, died Sunday, May 24, 2009 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born in Glade Spring, Virginia to the late Colonel B. and Mattie DeBord Clark. He had a great love for blue grass and gospel music.
Besides his parents he is preceded in death by two sons, Jerry and Ronnie Clark; three brothers, Bill, Frank, and Cecil Clark; and one sister, Mildred McGready Steffey.
He is survived by his wife, Hazel Fields Clark of Marion, Virginia; three daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara Ann and Larry Clark of Blountville, Tennessee, Mary Jane and James Ratcliff of Marion, Virginia, and Connie and James Huey of Fayetteville, North Carolina; three sons and one daughter-in-law, Bob Clark of Marion, Virginia, Billy Joe and Pam Clark of Richmond, Virginia, and James Clark of Marion, Virginia; one sister, Ruby Whorley of Las Vegas, Nevada; three brothers, James Clark of Bassett, Virginia, Charles D. Clark of Apple Valley, California, and Johnnie Clark of Marion, Virginia; eleven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews also survive.
