Joann Harrington-Clark

JOANN HARRINGTON-CLARK, 80, OF BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY, ENTERED HER HEAVENLY HOME ON JULY 7, 2025, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY. BORN ON AUGUST 2, 1944, IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JOANN WAS THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ANNIE MAE (REESE) AND LEE PORTERFIELD. A PROUD GRADUATE OF C.A. JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, SHE BEGAN TO BLOSSOM INTO THE STRONG, SPIRITED WOMAN SO MANY CAME TO ADMIRE.
JOANN LATER MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, THE LATE JOE CLARK. TOGETHER, THEY WERE KNOWN AS "CANDYMAN & Coco," A DYNAMIC DJ DUO WHO FILLED EVERY ROOM WITH MUSIC, LAUGHTER, AND JOY. FOR OVER 25 YEARS, THEY WORKED SIDE BY SIDE AS FREELANCE DJs UNTIL JOANN GAVE HER LIFE TO CHRIST IN 1975, WALKING BOLDLY IN HER FAITH FROM THEN ON.
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, JOANN AND HER HUSBAND FAITHFULLY SERVED IN MINISTRY. SHE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF VICTORY IN CHRIST MINISTRY, INC. IN FAIRTON, NJ, WHERE SHE WAS KNOWN FOR "OWNING" THE KITCHEN AND CO-LEADING THE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE. HER SERVICE REFLECTED HER DEEP AND ENDURING FAITH.
JOANN HELD MANY JOBS THROUGHOUT HER LIFE-WAITRESS AT THE COLUMBIA HOTEL, STAFF AT THE STATE SCHOOL IN VINELAND, GREENHOUSE WORKER, AND LATER, AN EMPLOYEE AT THE TAJ MAHAL. No MATTER THE ROLE, SHE BROUGHT WARMTH, GRACE, AND A LASTING PRESENCE TO EVERY SPACE SHE ENTERED.
HER LIFE WAS RICH WITH CREATIVITY AND COMPASSION. SHE LOVED DANCING, ROLLER SKATING, SOFTBALL, CROCHETING, AND WRITING POETRY -OFTEN TRAVELING TO SHARE HER WORK. GARDENING BROUGHT HER PEACE, AND SHE NURTURED HER PLANTS AS LOVINGLY AS SHE DID PEOPLE.
JOANN CHERISHED HER FAMILY DEEPLY. SHE LOVED LONG PHONE CONVERSATIONS, FAMILY SEAFOOD NIGHTS, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN. HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS PINK, AND SHE NEVER MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF HER SIGNATURE HEAD-TO-TOE STYLE­ALWAYS COORDINATING WITH HER "MAN." JOE WHOM SHE LOVINGLY CALLED "PUGGIE" SHARED A LOVE FOR CLASSIC WESTERNS AND QUIET MOMENTS TOGETHER. THEIR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER WAS UNMATCHED.
JOANN IS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HER DAUGHTER: DEDRIA (ANTHONE) DOUGANS, LOVED LIKE DAUGHTERS, CHERYL PIERCE, RUBY CHESTNUT, AND LORRAINE STANFORD; HER BELOVED AUNT, PRISCILLA PORTERFIELD; A HOST OF GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GODCHILDREN; AS WELL AS MANY IN-LAWS, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY, AND CHERISHED FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, JOE CLARK; HER GRANDMOTHER, ESTELLE REESE; HER SON, HERBERT HARRINGTON; AND HER DAUGHTERS, LORRAINE HARRINGTON AND CINDY CLARK.
JOANN HARRINGTON- CLARK LIVED BOLDLY, LOVED DEEPLY, AND SERVED FAITHFULLY. HER LIGHT, LAUGHTER, FAITH, AND WISDOM WILL LIVE ON FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER.
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