Karen J. Clark

Karen J Clark, age 70, passed away on September 27, 2025.

She was the oldest child of the late Thomas H. and Hazel B. Mead of Midville, and the granddaughter of the late Jessie W. Burke and Bernice Burke Cox of Millen and John Gordon and Martha Etta Mead of Waynesboro.

She was a lifelong resident of Burke County, growing up near Midville and later moving to Waynesboro and marrying her one and only love Jerry Richard Clark, who preceded her in death.

After graduation from Edmund Burke Academy, she began working at Keller Aluminum where she met Jerry. She then began her 47-year career at Burke Medical Center. She began working in admissions and moved up the ladder eventually ending her career at Burke Medical Center in billing.

She loved being outdoors in the sunshine, going to the family farm and keeping her lawn mowed, and all things neat and organized.

She was a member of the Midville Baptist Church.

She leaves behind her only child, Kimberly Clark-Brake and her husband Jim Brake of Sparta, GA; sisters: Becky Rogers-Peck and Roger of Grovetown, Janice M. Beard and Joe Rooker of Statesboro, GA; brother, Tommy Mead of Midville, GA; nieces and nephews: Ashley Rogers, Blake Rogers, Leslie Beard, Emily Beard, Tommie Lynne and Skyler Jones. She was also Great Aunt to Aubree, Charlee, Leythe, Walker, Jaxon, and McKenna.

A private service will be held on Friday, Oct, 3rd, 2025.

In lieu of flowers please contribute to HYFA, Mead Memorial Scholarship, American Hereford Association, 11500 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153, or the charity of your choice.

DeLoach-McKerley-Prescott Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 220 East 6th Street, Waynesboro, GA 30830 (706-554-3531). You may sign the guest book at www.deloachfuneralhomes.com.