Background
Clark, Roy Clyde was born on July 24, 1920 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Clyde Columbus and Lelia B. (Cochran) Clark.
Clark, Roy Clyde was born on July 24, 1920 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Clyde Columbus and Lelia B. (Cochran) Clark.
Clark earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from Millsaps College in 1941 and the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1944. He also has been awarded honorary doctorates from Millsaps College and Columbia College in South Carolina.
Clark married Esther Maddox of McComb, Mississippi on 7 June 1945. After Esther"s death on 8 April 1991, Bishop Clark married Marion Salisbury Hall on 4 April 1992. Education Ordained ministry Clark was ordained Deacon in 1944 by Bishop J.L. Decell and Elder in 1946 by Bishop U.V.W. Darlington.
He then pastored Saint John's Church in Memphis, Tennessee from 1963 through 1967, after which he was appointed to West End Church in Nashville, Tennessee.
Episcopal ministry Clark was elected to the Episcopacy in 1980 by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the United Microelectronics Corporation. He was assigned to the Columbia, South Carolina Episcopal Area (the South Carolina Annual Conference), where he served until his retirement in 1988. Ministry in retirement After retiring from the active episcopacy, Bishop Clark served as Executive Director of the Committee on Episcopal Initiatives for Ministry and Mission of the U.M. Council of Bishops.
He is currently listed as Bishop-in-Residence at the West End Church in Nashville, whose pastorate he once held.
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Roy became a member of the Mississippi Annual Conference and held five different pastorates there between 1944 and 1963: Eastlawn, Pascagoula. Decell Memorial, Wesson. Centerville; Forest; and Capitol Street in Jackson.
As a Bishop he also served as a member of the U.M. General Board of Global Ministries (1980-1988), serving as President of the University of Malaya Committee on Relief Program Department of the Board (1984-1988).
Married Esther Maddox, June 7, 1945. Children: Lynn B., Susan.