After a life dedicated to the love of God, family, coaching and education, Charles Jesse (Coach) Clark of Sherman, entered into heaven on September 4, 2022, where he was undoubtedly greeted with a kiss by the love of his life, Kathy Clark, his wife of 65 years, who predeceased him in October of 2021. Funeral arrangements will be under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman. Family visitation will be on Saturday, September 10 from 5-7 p.m. at Waldo Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Sunday, September 11, at 2 p.m. at the Durant Church of Christ, Durant, Oklahoma, with interment at Highland Cemetery following the services. Charles, or Coach, as many of his former players and friends called him, was born December 23, 1936, in Boggy Depot, Oklahoma, the son of William Harley Clark and Jessie (Goforth) Clark. He was reared with brothers and sisters Joe Clark, William Harley Clark, Jr., Vinita Thomas and Noweta Culbreath, all of whom predeceased him, and survived by his beloved sister, Joy Culbreath of Durant, Oklahoma. He is also survived by daughters Charla Sterling and Sandra Smith, both of Durant, OK, and Kelly Ashmore and husband, Kerye, of Sherman, TX; grandchildren, Capt. Shayne Smith (USAF) of Garden Valley, California and fiancé Rachel Brody, Clark Byrum and wife, Amanda, Breanne Luelf and husband Chad, and Andrea Lockler, all of Sherman, and Kyle Byrum of Rowlett, TX; and 5 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews all of whom he dearly loved. After graduating from Lubbock High School in 1955 where he excelled in football, Charles continued his education at Paris Junior College and Southeastern State University on football scholarships and graduated with a B.S. in Education from Southeastern in 1961. He would later earn his Master of Education Degree from Southeastern in 1973. Charles always saw football, and the scholarships it provided him, as a means to obtain an education which he believed was the best way for a young man to obtain opportu
