Effie Lea Clark

Effie Lea

Mayse Clark

Effie Lea Clark, 99, of Charlottesville, died on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at the home of her daughter, Juanita Sprouse.

She was born on April 2, 1911, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Luther Jackson Mayse and Nancy Jane Mayse of Vesuvius, Virginia. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Levi James Clark; four brothers, Grimm Edgar Mayse, Dave Mayse, Herbert Mayse, and Rowlen Mayse; and five sisters, Bertha Pultz, Agnes Clark, Margaret Cochran, Ella Mayse and Callie Mayse.

She is survived by six daughters, Juanita Sprouse of Charlottesville, Georgia Davis of Haymarket, Hilda Gent and her husband, Jack, of Ocala, Florida, Ruth Donnelly and her husband, Stuart, of Ocala, Florida, Lake McIntosh of Orange, Mary McAllister and her husband, James, of Crozet; two sons, Lester Clark and his wife, Ann, of Ivy, and Miles Clark of Dunedin, Florida; 18 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews and cherished life-long friends, Elizabeth and Brand McCaskill.

The family would like to thank, nurse Diane Meitzler RN and Elizabeth CNA, for their compassionate care.

A funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, October 16, 2010, at the Teague Chapel with Doctor Edgar Mayes and the Reverend William McCaskill officiating. Interment will follow at Monticello Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Legacy Hospice, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 180, Charlottesville, VA 22911 or the Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad, Post Office Box 160, Charlottesville, VA 22902.

Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.