Jesse James "Dolemite" Clark
September 26, 1951 — November 21, 2009
Jesse James “Dolemite” Clark, 58, of 3315 Eastern Avenue N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, November 21, 2009, in Living Center West, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Greenview Cemetery, Nesbitt, Mississippi.
Survivors include his wife, Earnestine; his children, Jessica Franklin, Derwin Franklin-Clark, Jerome Shorty and Tamera Adams; step-children, Carla Howard, Monica Howard, Shatani Buck and Melissa Carr; three grandchildren, Terrika, Jerrod and Jocelyn; and siblings, Gladys (Earl) Woodson, Margaret Johnson, Melody Singleton, Foyice (Cheryl) Clark, Jr. and Dennis Clark.
Jesse was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Derwin Clark.
Born September 26, 1951, in Senatobia, Mississippi, Jesse was the son of Foyice and Lillie (Bowser) Clark. He served in the U.S. Army. He married Earnestine Franklin on February 3, 2001, in Galesburg, Illinois.
Jesse was a member of Bethel AME Church.
Survivors include his wife, Earnestine; his children, Jessica Franklin, Derwin Franklin-Clark, Jerome Shorty and Tamera Adams; step-children, Carla Howard, Monica Howard, Shatani Buck and Melissa Carr; three grandchildren, Terrika, Jerrod and Jocelyn; and siblings, Gladys (Earl) Woodson, Margaret Johnson, Melody Singleton, Foyice (Cheryl) Clark, Jr. and Dennis Clark.
Jesse was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Derwin Clark.
Born September 26, 1951, in Senatobia, Mississippi, Jesse was the son of Foyice and Lillie (Bowser) Clark. He served in the U.S. Army. He married Earnestine Franklin on February 3, 2001, in Galesburg, Illinois.
Jesse was a member of Bethel AME Church.
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