William E. Clark

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE Catahoula - Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, August 22, 2009, at St. Rita Catholic Church in Catahoula, for William Bill Emery Clark, 53, who passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2009 in Belle Chasse. Interment will follow at Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery in Catahoula. Fr. Fabre, Pastor of St. Rita Catholic Church, will conduct the services. Bill enjoyed cooking and fishing, playing video games with his kids and helping others when he could. He was employed by Matt Durand General Contractors. Survivors include his wife, Melody Courville Clark, his son, David William Clark, his daughter, Shiloh Marie Clark, all of Catahoula; his sisters, Lynda Liebermann, of Des Allemands and Ruth Ann Riley and her husband, Joseph Riley, Sr., of Bay St. Louis, MS; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Joan and David Courville, of Marrero; his sister-in-law, Pamela Ann Felty and her husband, Shayne, of Marrero; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Emery and Evelyn Mae Faris Clark; his grandparents, Arlie and Hazel Clark and William and Julia Faris; and his grandfather-in-law, Joseph Courville, Jr. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Dion Hall in Catahoula from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Friday and continue at 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Friday. Pallbearers will be Robby McKeel, Josh McKeel, Chad Courville, Lennis Nanu Courville, Joseph T-Boy Meaux and Donny Desselle. Honorary pallbearers will be David Clark, Jimmy Courville, Jr., Chris Crawford, David Courville, Jeffery Robinson, and Ray Braddock. Pellerin Funeral Home, 337-332-2111, is in charge of arrangements.