DYE, Clark M - - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Clark M. Dye, age 62, a resident of Covington for the past 13 years died at 9 p.m. Friday May 26 at the VA Hospital in Danville, Ill where he had been seriously ill six days.  Mr. Dye was born April 14, 1905 in Gessie, the son of Pearl E. and Mabel Brant Dye.  He was married Oct 14, 1941 to Virginia Brewer who survives.  He had served in the US Army 30 years and the US Navy one year.  He was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church south of Covington.  Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Gary and one daughter, Bonnie at home; two brothers, Ellsworth of Danville and David of Ridgefarm, Ill; two sisters, Mrs. Vivian Carroll of Denison, Tex and Mrs. Josephine Perdue of Dallas, Tex. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hegg Funeral Home in Covington. The Rev. William Rudd officiated and burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery – kbz