There passed away in
Los Angeles California, on January 21st, one well known to many friends
and relatives in Norfolk County in the person of Mrs. Annie Cocks Clark.
Mrs. Clark was the daughter of
the late Rev. Henry Cocks and Jennie Shearer Cox and was born in
Georgetown 54 years ago.
Her mother was a daughter of the
late David Shearer of Vittoria and a sister of the late William Shearer
of Villa Nova.
Mrs. Clark
was the wife of Theron Clark, registrar of the University of Southern
California at Los Angeles to whom she was married in Kansas City where
her parents then resided.
For
some years Mr. and Mrs. Clark resided in Province R.I., moving to
California in 1924.
Mrs.
Clark held an A.M. degree from the University of Southern California and
a Ph.D. degree from Brown University and was a teacher in Holby College
for young women until last August when she was taken ill, though not
seriously and it was expected she would recover.
She
was associated in Sociological and church work, being an active member
of Temple Baptist church in Los Angeles where Mr. Clark was a deacon.
Besides
her husband she leaves her mother, Mrs. Jennie Cocks, two sisters, Mrs.
W. H. Williams and Edna A. Cocks. The latter two will be remembered as
attending Waterford High School when they resided with their uncle, Mr.
William Shearer of Villa Nova.
Relatives
in this vicinity who regret to know of her early demise, are Miss Kate
Beemer and Mr. Frank Shearer of Vittoria, Mrs. Roy Beemer, Miss Emma
Beemer and Mrs. J. H. Stafford of Waterford, beside many friends.
