James Willard Clark (1924 - 2012)

James's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Clark family tree.

James's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

James Willard Clark Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

Relationships:

+ Add

James Willard Clark & Marilyn (Gamboa) Clark

August 31, 1968 Dallas County, TX

James Willard Clark

Marilyn (Gamboa) Clark

Spouse:

Marilyn (Gamboa) Clark

c. 1937 - Unknown

We currently do not have photos of James Willard Clark. Below are potential family photos that share James's last name or surname. Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of James during various points of his life

Kristie Leann (Clark) Wendland

Bobby J. Clark

Dick Clark

Bradley, Tuttle, Richardson, Clark, 2019

Bradley, Lamb, Flannery, Tuttle, 2019

Bradley, Tuttle, Richardson, Clark, 2019

Jim Bradley with grandchildren, 2019

Tuttle, Bradley, Lamb, Flannery, 2019

Fred Lewis Clark

Carl Abram Clark

Henry Lewis Clark

Sarah Louise “Sadie” (Tyler) Clark

Bobbie Jo (Parr) Lynes

Isabella Forsth (Clark) Thurau

James and Ruby (Clark) Ashby

Add photo

What do you remember about James Willard Clark? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about him. Or just leave a comment to show the world that James is remembered.

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during James's lifetime

In 1924, in the year that James Willard Clark was born, Macy's department store in New York held its first "Thanksgiving parade" on November 27th at 9a - during church services but leaving plenty of time to attend the big football game between Syracuse and Columbia universities. The parade was held as a way to promote the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space in Manhattan’s Herald Square. The parade was 6 miles long and included floats, Macy's employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and sword-wielding knights, and animals from Central Park Zoo. Santa Claus, of course, brought up the rear - opening the Christmas shopping season for Macy's.

In 1944, James was 20 years old when on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.

In 1969, he was 45 years old when on July 20th, the first men walked on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. both walked on the moon but it was Armstrong who first stepped on the moon. They fulfilled the promise of President Kennedy's commitment in 1961 to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.

In 1973, by the time he was 49 years old, on August 15th, amidst rising calls for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, Congress imposed an end to the bombing of Cambodia.

In 1983, at the age of 59 years old, James was alive when "crack" cocaine was developed in the Bahamas and spread to the United States. Previously, cocaine had been cut with other substances, diluting it. Crack was 80% pure and therefore was more addictive. It was also cheaper, making it more easily available to low income neighborhoods.