John Avery Clark

1938 - 1959  (21 years)

• Name	John Avery Clark  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	28 Feb 1938	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grandson of Leonard Donegan (Son of Etheline and Wesley Clark)
  Census	1950	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	26 Aug 1959	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [2, 4, 5]
  	Cause: Accident - Car Crash
  	Killed in car crash
  		News-AVERY John (Death) Death of John Avery in traffic accident-- Newspapers.com - The Jackson Sun - 27 Aug 1959 - Page 10
  Burial	Willow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  		Willow Mount Cemetery (Also known as Willowmount Cemetery) Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee Find a Grave: #1989964
  Person ID	I12648	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Clark,   b. 30 Aug 1915, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Jan 1987, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jewel Ethelene Donegan,   b. 3 Feb 1918, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Oct 2010, Heritage Medical Center, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Dec 1935	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F8269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Feb 1938 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grandson of Leonard Donegan (Son of Etheline and Wesley Clark) - 1940 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Census - Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Death - Cause: Accident - Car Crash - 26 Aug 1959 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  News-AVERY John (Death) Death of John Avery in traffic accident-- Newspapers.com - The Jackson Sun - 27 Aug 1959 - Page 10

  
  

• Sources

  [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15. [S6588] Find a Grave: DONEGAN Jewel Clark 1918-2010, Jewel Ethelene Donegan Clark. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bedford, Tennessee;. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bedford, Tennessee; [S17] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958 [S1291] Newspapers.com: Death of John Avery • Jackson Sun - 27 Aug 1959 - Page 10, (Name: The Jackson Sun; Location: Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States of America; Date: 27 Aug 1959;), John Avery Clark -- 27 Aug 1959. The traffic victims: John Avery, 21, whose car crashed into Flat Creek Bridge near Shelbyville and plunged 15 feet into the creek bed https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26890097/the_jackson_sun/?xid=637 News-AVERY John (Death) Death of John Avery in traffic accident-- Newspapers.com - The Jackson Sun - 27 Aug 1959 - Page 10 [S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;). Marriage date: 21 Dec 1935 Marriage place: Dickson, Tennessee Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002