Lawrence Clarke Sr. died on June 17. He was 65 years old.
He is survived by his wife, Louise Arnold-Clarke; daughter, Pamela Finley; sons: Lawrence Clarke Jr., Stephen Arnold, Vaughn Brown and Warren Graham Sr.; grandchildren: Lennard, Lennycia, LeAndre, LeVannia and LeVante Finley, JoVonte, Jada and Laynira Clarke, Marquise and Myles Arnold, Nataki and DeVonte Brown, Warren Jr., Jahmari, Jahlisia, JahQuane and Kmahri Graham, and Deansha Lake; brothers: Camille and Oneal Clarke, and Melbourne Adams; sisters: Delores Brathwaite and Kathleen Smith-Maccow, Velma Phillips, Donna Harris, Janet Wright and Carol Christian; uncle, Hubert Acoy Jr.; special daughter/cousin, Toya Harris; aunts: Iris Acoy, Eunice Acoy, Dorothy Acoy and Agatha Clarke Giddings: son-in-law: Lennard “Lenny” Finley; daughters-in-law: Sanika Telemaque Clarke and Jamina Jeffers; and brothers-in-law: Eugene Arnold and Christian Simmonds.
He is also survived by sisters-in-law: Yvonne Giddings St. Louis, Inez Clarke and Betty Arnold Penn; nephews: Milton Clarke, Jr., Oneal Clarke, Jr., Brian Clarke, Roy Clarke, Paul Clarke, Elroy Clarke, David Clarke, Anthony Clarke, Roger Clarke, Melbourne Clarke, Kenya Henry and Rudy Clarke; nieces: Aquanette Clarke, Dureama Moorehead, Naomi Clarke-Thomas, Lorelie Clarke, Judith Clarke, Diane Clarke Pierce, Juanita Clarke, Catalina Clarke, Anna Clarke, Sherry Clarke, Anita Brown and Colette Clarke-Grant; great nieces and nephews too numerous to mention; godchildren: Mark Smith Jr. and Safisha Cornelius; and other family members: Senator Celestino White Sr. and family, Dr. Clement White, Charles, Coreen, Carolyn, Claudette, Clarice, Carmen, Charlene and Daphne White and family, Victor and Marisol Murray Jr. and family, Edna Murray and family, Stephanie and Barbara.
Other family members include Laura, Stanley Acoy and family, Sharon, Brenda and Delroy Canton and family, Lurene Jarvis and family, Dianne Canton-Reed and family, The Horsford family, The Senthill family, Gloria Joseph and family, Alma Roberts and family, Laurissa Clarke and family, Rita Ferdinand Dawson and family and The Bailey family; special friends: Trevor Bryan, Trevor Elien, Leslie Rhymer, Stan Finley, Lenore Richardson and family, Domingo Guadelope, Luisito Fernandez, Warren and Catherine Cornelius, Duchelle Todman Drummond, Teresa Lacen, Aymee Santana Lacen, Pedro ‘Papo’ Cirilo Jr., Otis Johannes, Marjorie Williams, Sharon Williams, Patrice Williams, Lindell Williams, Patricia Brown, Dale Mason, Emrick Johannes, Johnny Johannes, Larry Williams, Annette L. Henry, George Lawrence, Claudette Hodge, Yvonne Turnbull, Rolston Jones, St. Croix Central High School Alumni Class of 1976 and a host of relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
Funeral services will take place at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 6, at St. Luke A.M.E. Church, Estate Grove Place, with viewing beginning at 9 a.m. Interment will follow at Kingshill Cemetery.
