Mildred Milner Clark

Mildred Milner Clark, 87, a resident of Cleveland, passed away in a local hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born in Brunswick, Tennessee and moved with her family to East Tennessee as a young girl where she later attended Charleston High School and she played basketball for C. A. Kyle. She became a licensed practical nurse in the late 50's working at Bradley Memorial Hospital before becoming one of the original employees at Bradley County Nursing Home. She later was employed by Garden Terrace Nursing Home, which later became Life Care where she retired in 1988. She spent many years working alongside her husband, Jim in the Bradley County Sports for Youth Program. She was a member of East Cleveland Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband James Clark; father, Oscar Milner; mother and step-father, Irene and G. W. Barber; brothers, Bill Milner, Acie D. Milner, Thomas Barber, Jewel Barber, and Riley Barber; and sister, Virginia Barber Tollison. Survivors include three sons, Jimmy (Mollie) Clark of Cleveland, Hugh Clark of Chattanooga, Terry Clark of NYC; daughters, Faye (Bob) Nolen and Debbie Clark of Cleveland, and Linda (James) Swann of Delta, AL; granddaughters, Shannon (Mike) Ward and Susan (Shane) Johnson of Cleveland, Melissa (Russ) Swann-Belflower of Dahlonaga, GA and Ami (Doyle) Tallent of Madisonville, TN; grandsons, Craig Swann of Cleveland, Rob Nolen of Atlanta, GA, and Tyler Swann of Alexandria, AL; great grandchildren, Ashley Lowery, Lily Johnson, Ian Ward, Jacob Ward, Zack Swann, Hailey Swann, Devyn Tallent, and Chloe Tallent; great-great-granddaughter, Alizay Lowery; brothers, Roy (Evelyn) Barber of Cleveland and Reed Barber of Eads, TN; brother in law, Bob Tollison of TX; sisters in law, Leona Milner of KY, Sadie Orum of TX, Anne Barber of IL, Shirley Randolph, Jean Smith and Katie Thomas, all of Cleveland, Marge Diorio of Athens, TN, Peggy McClain, Wilma Hines and Jane Kozinski, all of IL; plus a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Grissom Funeral Home with Pastor Joe Lockman and Reed Barber officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Craig Swann, Tyler Swann, Shane Johnson, Mike Ward, Ian Ward, and Bobby Greene serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6-9 p.m. and Friday from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. To send an online condolence to the family, please visit www.grissomfh.net.