Ruth Child Clark

Ruth Child Clark, 98, of Hot Springs died Tuesday, May 11, 2010. She was born February 28, 1912 in Toledo, Iowa. She was a homemaker and a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Hot Springs. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Mabel McEltree Child and her husband Robert H. Clark. She is survived by two daughters, Marilynn Tanner and her husband Jim of Hot Springs Village, Grace Stephen and her husband Ross of Estes Park, CO; two sons, Jim Clark and his wife Karen of Alexandria, VA, Charlie Clark and his wife, Linda of Louann; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Friday 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. Graveside services will be 10:00 am Saturday at Stoney Point Cemetery near Fordyce with Dusty Rhodes officiating. Memorials may be made to the Dallas County Museum PO Box 703 Fordyce, AR 71742 or to Odyssey (Hospice) Health Care of Little Rock 10800 Financial Center Parkway Suite 380 Little Rock, AR 72211. Arrangements by Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.com